Why is dhs buying so much ammunition

While the department contends the purchase and other similar buys are standard procedure, the timing of that report, coming amid a then-raging gun debate in Washington, led some to fret that the government was stockpiling ammo for possibly nefarious purposes.

Conspiracy theorists questioned why the government would ever need so much ammo. Were the feds simply wasting taxpayer funds? Or, perhaps, amassing a secret army? At the same time, it is a violation of the Geneva Convention to use hollow point ammunition on the battle field," that post read.

It means the occupying federal government is acquiring this ammunition to be used against the American people. Yet what began as a fringe conspiracy theory has gained momentum over the past two months, finally making it all the way to Congress.

The conspiracies popped up on more mainstream Republican-leaning outlets like Fox News and the Daily Caller , albeit typically in a less alarmist vein. Then last week, two Republican lawmakers, Reps. Jim Jordan Ohio and Jason Chaffetz Utah , lent the conspiracies more credibility, holding a joint hearing to demand answers.

And though he stopped short of fully embracing the "secret army" theory, Rep. Additionally, they stocked up on Glock pistols, Remington firearms, and handgun magazine clips. The Forest Se rvice stocked up on. In the aftermath of the deadliest mass shooting in U. President Trump has an opportunity to propose changes concerning gun control , but not in the way his opponents are calling for.

Trump should listen to the advice former U. Tom Coburn memorialized at Forbes last year after the Orland nightclub massacre: the non-military, non-law enforcement — paper pushing administrative federal agencies — are the ones who should be subject to stricter gun control laws, not the general public.

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