Sign the Petition to Demand an Explanation for DHS Ammunition Purchases

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The firepower shopping spree continues unabated as unexplained DHS ammunition purchases range in the hundreds of millions of rounds.  Even more troubling is the government’s attempt to cover their tracks and keep this information from the American people!

Something dark is afoot here and the American people deserve to know what the Department of Homeland Security is preparing for.

James Smith (the Covert Prepper) has been following these government purchases very closely. Just two days ago, he reported on the purchase of 33 million rounds of ammo for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for the year of 2012 alone:

By James Smith – PPRN News

The madness continues.

The Department of Homeland Security, through the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has requested another 33 million rounds of .223 caliber 62 grain ammunition in the base year, and for 4 subsequent years, with a limit of 165,000,000 rounds. Click on the below images to view screen shots of the documents.

The base year, 2012, allotment of 33 million rounds will be due sixty days after the contract is awarded.

All the ammunition that has been contracted for purchase by the US Government in this month alone is staggering.

He has also shed light on the cover-up, in which DHS has hidden the details regarding the costs and amount of ammunition purchased from contractors earlier this year:

On 16 Aug 2012, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency announced on FedBiz.gov, of award going to A2Z Supply Corp, a frequent awardee of ammunition contracts. However, this Wyoming-based company received a big fat ZERO in the award. Look at the picture below, click to make it larger:

There was no solicitation request, no notice of sole supplier, no notice of ANYTHING.

However, in May of this year, the same Agency, the same branch, ordered 53,000 9 MM 124 Grain +P Bonded Jacketed Hollow Point and 53,000 rounds of .223 Caliber Tactical Patrol Rifle Premium 64 Grain Hi-Shok Pointed Soft Point. 32,000 were to be delivered to Springfield, VA, and the remainder going to Arnold, MO. – For a total of 106,000 rounds.

It seems that the following is no longer the case, nor the practice of this Administration:

“Democracy requires accountability, and accountability requires transparency.”

– President Obama January 2009

It also seems that the recent press by bloggers detailing ammunition purchases has put the Government in a bad mood. Recently, a petition of over 22,000 signers was pulled from a White House website. The petition: Ending the TSA’s abuse of travelers.

Because the first request was filled in May, also won by the A2Z Supply Corporation, it raises the question, what happened to the 106,000 rounds of ammunition. All used in four months? Hardly. This could be described as hording, or stockpiling.

James has started a petition of his own to demand that the Obama administration be as good as their word in providing transparency to the American people.  Once the petition reaches 10,ooo signatures, James will travel to D.C. and demand that Congress open an investigation into these troubling purchases and the subsequent cover-ups.  Survival and Beyond supports this petition and I urge all of our readers and listeners to sign at:  http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/stop-the-fear/

Homeland Security has been telling the American public all along that individuals who stock-pile ammunition should be considered suspicious, yet we’re supposed to shrug it off when they do the same thing?!  We have the right to know what DHS has planned and what they’re trying to hide. Please sign the petition and let Obama and Big Sis know that we’re not going to idly stand by while they arm themselves to the teeth and try to sweep it under the rug!

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