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    National Weather Service Makes Huge Ammo Purchase

    National Weather Service Follows DHS In Huge Ammo Purchase



    Hollow point bullets designed to cause maximum organ damage


    Paul Joseph Watson

    Infowars.com

    Tuesday, August 14, 2012


    UPDATE: The Washington Post now reports, via a statement from NOAA spokesman Scott Smullen, that the original solicitation contained a “clerical error” and that the “solicitation for ammunition and targets for the NOAA Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement mistakenly identified NOAA’s National Weather Service as the requesting office.” This still doesn’t explain why hollow point bullets, designed to cause maximum organ damage, are needed for shooting at paper targets. Was the delivery of the bullets to the NWS a cover for them being transferred somewhere else? It’s entirely possible given the sordid history of Fast and Furious, a federal government program under which guns were sent directly to Mexican drug cartels.



    Why would the National Weather Service need to purchase large quantities of powerful ammo? That’s the question many are asking after the federal agency followed in the footsteps of the Department of Homeland Security in putting out a solicitation for 46,000 rounds of hollow point bullets.



    A solicitation which appears on the FedBizOpps website asks for 16,000 rounds of .40 S&W jacketed hollow point (JHP) bullets, noted for their strength, to be delivered to locations in Ellsworth, Maine, and New Bedford, Mass.

    A further 6,000 rounds of S&W JHP will be sent to Wall, New Jersey, with another 24,000 rounds of the same bullets heading to the weather station in St. Petersburg, Florida.

    The solicitation also asks for 500 paper targets to be delivered to the same locations in Maine, Massachusetts and New Jersey.

    The National Weather Service is is one of six scientific agencies that make up the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

    The solicitation requires a response by August 21.
    The NWS is following its federal counterpart the DHS in securing large quantities of ammo. Back in March,Homeland Security purchased 450 million rounds of .40-caliber hollow point bullets that are designed to expand upon entry and cause maximum organ damage, prompting questions as to why the DHS needed such a large amount of powerful bullets merely for training purposes.

    As the Business Insider notes
    , hollow point bullets have been “illegal in international warfare since 1899.”
    The DHS is also planning to purchase a further 750 million rounds of different types of ammo in a separate solicitation that also expires on August 20, including 357 mag rounds that are able to penetrate walls.

    The DHS recently put out an order for riot gear in preparation for the upcoming DNC, RNC and presidential inauguration. The U.S. Army is also busy buying similar equipment.

    The DHS also recently purchased a number of bullet-proof checkpoint booths that include ‘stop and go’ lights.
    The federal government is clearly gearing up for the likelihood of civil unrest on a scale that could outstrip what we’ve already seen in countries across Europe.
    While the establishment demonizes the second amendment in light of recent mass shootings and legislation is prepared to ban the sale of large quantities of ammunition online, the federal government is acquiring ammunition at levels necessary to fight a full scale domestic war.
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    Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Prison Planet.com. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a regular fill-in host for The Alex Jones Show and Infowars Nightly News.



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    Was the delivery of the bullets to the NWS a cover for them being transferred somewhere else? It’s entirely possible given the sordid history of Fast and Furious
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    It's coming; best be ready for it!



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    46,000 rounds of ammo isn't that huge of a purchase really. My department used to order practice ammo 25K at a time. I know, as I did the ordering. We'd order 100K in a year easy. We only had 56 sworn and 25 reserves, but we had a highly active firearms training program.

    We used reloads for practice, manufactured to duty ammo weight and velocity specs, but some agencies used factory duty ammo for practice. We did too a couple of times per year to fire up the old duty ammo and issue fresh.

    If the NWS was ordering 250K at a time, that would raise a real question mark with me. What is their ammo ordering history? 46K per year on average, or is this a big jump for them?


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    JHP isn't usually the choice for target practice. More like what they hinted at; a partial deferred order for someone else. Target rounds are FMJ or reloads. Less expensive rounds for large amounts of trigger time.


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    Quote Originally Posted by DWG View Post
    JHP isn't usually the choice for target practice. More like what they hinted at; a partial deferred order for someone else. Target rounds are FMJ or reloads. Less expensive rounds for large amounts of trigger time.
    I well understand the cost theory regarding bullet selection, but some agencies do use the exact same ammo for practice as they carry on duty, hollow-point or not. It's viewed as a training liability issue. My department's legal advisors said as long as the bullet was the same weight and had the same velocity as factory made ammo, we could use reloads. Other agencies had lawyers that thought differently. Fed agencies that I dealt with generally used duty ammo for practice.

    It comes back to the ammo ordering history of the NWS. Have they ordered this amount of ammo, on average, every year for the past five or six years, or is this an unusually large buy for them? Even still, some of that ammo would be staying at the NWS, leaving not a whole lot for someone else. Not a very big deferred order.


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    [QUOTE=Zulu 36;871465

    It comes back to the ammo ordering history of the NWS. Have they ordered this amount of ammo, on average, every year for the past five or six years, or is this an unusually large buy for them? Even still, some of that ammo would be staying at the NWS, leaving not a whole lot for someone else. Not a very big deferred order.[/QUOTE]

    Agreed, but then again, how many other agencies might be doing the same thing. This might just be an individual incident or part of a larger scheme. If you want to conceal a large purchase, break it up into several smaller purchases and have them all eventually end up where you want them. Just my conspiracy alarm going into paranoia drive! Don't trust any government, but especially this one.


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    That all begs the question. Why in the worlds does the National Weather Service need to order ammunition in the first place?


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    NOAA research and operations are supported by 300 uniformed service members who make up the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps they use Navy Rank.
    NOAA Corps officers are appointed via direct commission and receive the same pay as other members of the uniformed services.
    There are 7 uniformed services


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    DHS To Purchase Another 750 Million Rounds Of Ammo


    DHS To Purchase Another 750 Million Rounds Of Ammo


    Second massive ammunition buy this year fuels fears of civil unrest

    Paul Joseph Watson
    PRison Planet.com
    Monday, August 13, 2012

    Fears that federal authorities are preparing for mass civil unrest have increased after it was revealed that the Department of Homeland Security is planning to buy a further 750 million rounds of ammo in addition to the 450 million rounds of hollow point bullets already purchased earlier this year.

    A solicitation originally issued by the DHS in April but updated on Friday calls on suppliers to provide a plethora of different types of ammunition, including 357 mag rounds that are able to penetrate walls.

    The PDF file for the solicitation lists the different units of ammo required by the thousand, with the total ammo purchase exceeding 750 million rounds.

    “The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC), Glynco, Georgia anticipates awarding multiple award indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity (IDIQ) firm fixed price (FFP) contracts for commercial leaded training ammunition (CLTA) of various calibers for law enforcement officer firearms training courses at the following FLETC facilities Glynco, GA, Artesia, NM, Cheltenham, MD and Charleston, SC and to other Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agencies. The Government guarantees a minimum of 1,000 rounds per year on each resultant contract. Contracts will be for a base year and four (4) 12 month option periods,” states the synopsis.

    Potential suppliers are required to respond to the solicitation before August 20.

    The purchase comes in addition to an order for 450 million rounds of .40-caliber hollow point bullets which wasfulfilled by Alliant Techsystems Inc. back in March, news greeted by some as an indication that the DHS was arming itself in preparation to go to war with the American people.

    http://www.prisonplanet.com/dhs-to-purchase-another-750-million-rounds-of-ammo.h tml


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    He who Controls The Weather can RULE,maybe they are Seeding the Cloud's for The Inevitable Super Storm


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    Now it seems the social security agency is purchasing large amounts of JHPs. Hmmmmmm?


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    Maybe they are just practicing so they can hit hail balls before they hit them, just saying.


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    According to the Washington Post, the solicitation for a bid for ammunition was WRONGLY attributed to the National Weather Service.
    The ammo is actually intended for “NOAA Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement”. Just like game wardens and park rangers, NOAA Fisheries officers are armed and participate in regular live-fire training. Fisheries Law Enforcement falls under the NOAA administrative umbrella, just as the National Weather Service does.
    It doesn't seem like there is a conspiracy afoot here.


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    Quote Originally Posted by DWG View Post
    Agreed, but then again, how many other agencies might be doing the same thing. This might just be an individual incident or part of a larger scheme. If you want to conceal a large purchase, break it up into several smaller purchases and have them all eventually end up where you want them. Just my conspiracy alarm going into paranoia drive! Don't trust any government, but especially this one.
    this is what has me suspicious,,
    The DHS also recently purchased a number of bullet-proof checkpoint booths that include ‘stop and go’ lights.
    The federal government is clearly gearing up for the likelihood of civil unrest on a scale that could outstrip what we’ve already seen in countries across Europe.
    i think there is more going on the some want to believe,, and like our founding fathers said, be wary of the Government,, and be watchful of the Government,


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    Quote Originally Posted by DWG View Post
    Now it seems the social security agency is purchasing large amounts of JHPs. Hmmmmmm?
    why would they need these;;;
    A solicitation originally issued by the DHS in April but updated on Friday calls on suppliers to provide a plethora of different types of ammunition, including 357 mag rounds that are able to penetrate walls.
    maybe to fight off stray anti American cats:::

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