National weather service ammo purchase.

[Possom]

According to drudge infowars and a couple of other news sites the nws has put in a request for 46,000 rounds of .40 cal jhp ammo. What would the nws need with ammunition?

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-n...unition-2012-8

[realist]

You got me wondering about this and I did some research. Take a look at the below link it answers questions about the NOAA Office of Law Enforcement which is mentioned in the article so I would say that is the reason for the purchase.


http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/ole/faq.html#q1

[Possom]

Thanks for the link. I appreciate it. Guess I should have dug a little deeper. With all the ordering DHS did recently I just assumed it was falling along the same lines. I didn't know the NOAA even had a law enforcement branch. You would think marine fisheries protection would fall to the coast guard and wildlife management arm of the state game and fish commissions.

[realist]

No problem you got me wondering why needed ammo.

[Possom]

Even with that explained I still get the feeling our government is up to something sneaky and preparing for something bad to happen or are planning to make something bad happen.

[Kodiak]

40k rounds is not much ammo for a law enforment agency, especially when you factor in requal training which is required at least once a year. If one was to do some research it wouldnt surprise me if they made orders like this often.

[Possom]

What about this one today by the ssa?

http://www.infowars.com/social-secur...point-bullets/

[The Stig]

Infowars as a news source for anything is highly suspect. Too much tinfoil and asshatery.

174,000 / 41 locations is 4243 rounds of ammo per location. Divide that by 12 months and that's a whopping 353 rounds per month.

In other words, assuming each location has only 1 officer, that's two range sessions per month.

And ohz to the noez, it's "hollow point bullets". Well no shit. That's what LEO's, citizens in home defense situations and anybody not in a state named New Jersey uses to effectively stop a threat.

Government organizations buy ammo kids. It happens and is not a sign of sinister activity. If anything, I'd like to see LEO's at all level dedicating more time to actually learning how to use their weapons well (he says with a broad brush).

[NWPilgrim]

I asked my brother about the NOAA ammo purchases since is retired Coast Guard and did a lot of fishery related boardings. He says the Coasties would be armed but the Fisheries person was usually a student intern who of course was not. His comment about the article: "This is scary. "

[NWPilgrim]

Why are these all HP ammo? Of course they would want HP for duty carry but for range practice?