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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

.40 Caliber Purchase by .Gov


These are .40 S&W rounds.

You and I know what they do and what they are designed to do.

You and I also know that .Gov ordered 1.4 or 1.6 Billion rounds.

We can all speculate why.

The .40 is a modest defensive round.  If you carry the .40 unwad your panties - I know it will kill and like everything from the .22LR to the .50 AE, shot placement is more important than caliber.  You are not getting hydrostatic shock value at pistol caliber numbers.

So, why the .40?  Why did .Gov buy .40s?  .mil doesn't use them, so far as I know.  They may have a few special applications, but for the most part our .mil uses 9mm, 5.56 NATO, 7.62 and .50 in small arms.

As of this moment, there have been no abnormal purchases of 5.56 NATO.

This is a DHS move.  Domestic.

If DHS planned to defend CONUS against a foreign invader, they'd be buying real weapons of war theaters.

Who in .Gov does use the .40?  LEO.  LEO departments across the land use .40 heavily, in service pistols and in SMGs - both are CQB weapons and the .40 is a round used in CQB situations.  These are not weapons for a war theatre, these are weapons for LEO Stacks and "Law Enforcement."

So, does DHS plan to cache all of this .40 for future use against citizens?  That's one possible answer, and I know many of you subscribe to that theory.

Is there something about the .40 that makes it a good candidate to buy if your goal is backdoor gun control?  .40 is NOT the number one defensive round in Civilian America.  It certainly isn't top 3, maybe top 5.  So, again, buying all the .40 doesn't stop Citizens who load .45 or 9mm or .357 or other loads - or does it?

What about the components it takes to make the .40?  By ordering about 1.5 billion rounds, has DHS starved the market for a popular powder or primers?  Does the order tie up manufacturers so they can't make other calibers? 

When I think it all through - and you folks know I am not a conspiracy guy - I must conclude it looks like someone plans to load out a large army with .40 caliber ammo.  Important questions: Has there been a quiet increase in .40 caliber weapons purchases across LEO, hidden among general Department orders rather than conspicuously in a single DHS purchase?

I believe Occam's Razor applies here, folks.

It is exactly what it appears to be: Elements of .Gov (not .mil) intend considerable action against Citizens.

If we conclude the premise upon which this column has been posited, we must conclude, and prepare, for LEO to begin moving against Citizens.

A rhetorical question: What do you intend to do about it?

4 comments:

  1. The only use for .40 in a government power grab scenario is the door-to-door actions that are being speculated by the conspiracy guys. Even for checkpoints rifle calibers work better for penetrating front windshields, steel car bodies or disabling engine blocks.

    DHS is either not expecting a fluid battle against geurillas or the military is being tasked for that (which is possible considering west point is now teaching officers that libertarians are the enemy: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jan/17/west-point-center-cites-dangers-far-right-us/)

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  2. I thought they had also made a rather large 5.56 order or bid as well? Would have swore there was one not all that long ago that made the news and was also forcing one of the plants in KC to retool as well and they did a bunch of temp layoffs because of it.

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  3. The government has made multi-million dollar orders for submachineguns in addition to the ammunition buys.

    http://www.examiner.com/article/stockpile-dhs-announces-second-4-5-million-gun-purchase-less-than-a-week

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  4. Apparently, judging from that fiasco in CA when those FUCKING IDIOTS shot up the ladies ppickup the .40 doesn't penetrate so well.............

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