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Politics & Religion / Re: We the Well-armed People (Gun rights stuff )
« on: September 04, 2012, 09:26:59 AM »
Here is what the Daily Caller Op-ed said:
"The Social Security Administration (SSA) confirms that it is purchasing 174 thousand rounds of hollow point bullets to be delivered to 41 locations in major cities across the U.S. No one has yet said what the purpose of these purchases is, though we are led to believe that they will be used only in an emergency to counteract and control civil unrest.
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/08/17/who-does-the-government-intend-to-shoot/#ixzz25WESbCvY"
As I posted on FB this is about buying ammunition for use by the Special Agents of the SSA-OIG.
The SSA has a law enforcement division which is part of of the Office of Inspector General (SSA-OIG). SSA-OIG Special Agents are sworn law enforcement officers who conduct violations of SSA focusing on fraud, waste and abuse. They are a relatively small agency but often work cases that go beyond simple social security fraud. Often large criminal organizations are involved in social security fraud as a peripheral part of the larger crime. The special agents of SSA-OIG would go through about 70,000 rounds just qualifying with their weapons each year. Approximately 295 agents qualifying four times a year, 60 rounds per qual. so 295 agents * 60 rounds * 4 annual quals. = 70800. That would be to qual only not including the ammo they carry with them, as well as ammo used for training. There is nothing at all surprising that a law enforcement agency would need that many rounds. At the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center a trainee may go through thousands of rounds while doing his criminal investigator training program (refered to as CITP).
As to why "hollow-point", generally speaking in the federal government you qualify with what you carry.
"The Social Security Administration (SSA) confirms that it is purchasing 174 thousand rounds of hollow point bullets to be delivered to 41 locations in major cities across the U.S. No one has yet said what the purpose of these purchases is, though we are led to believe that they will be used only in an emergency to counteract and control civil unrest.
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/08/17/who-does-the-government-intend-to-shoot/#ixzz25WESbCvY"
As I posted on FB this is about buying ammunition for use by the Special Agents of the SSA-OIG.
The SSA has a law enforcement division which is part of of the Office of Inspector General (SSA-OIG). SSA-OIG Special Agents are sworn law enforcement officers who conduct violations of SSA focusing on fraud, waste and abuse. They are a relatively small agency but often work cases that go beyond simple social security fraud. Often large criminal organizations are involved in social security fraud as a peripheral part of the larger crime. The special agents of SSA-OIG would go through about 70,000 rounds just qualifying with their weapons each year. Approximately 295 agents qualifying four times a year, 60 rounds per qual. so 295 agents * 60 rounds * 4 annual quals. = 70800. That would be to qual only not including the ammo they carry with them, as well as ammo used for training. There is nothing at all surprising that a law enforcement agency would need that many rounds. At the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center a trainee may go through thousands of rounds while doing his criminal investigator training program (refered to as CITP).
As to why "hollow-point", generally speaking in the federal government you qualify with what you carry.
