GOP Wants to Restrict .GOV Ammo Buying

[tombogan03884]

Like I posted in the other thread....
Congress sets how much ammo an agency is required to have on hand.  The agency has a say in how it's ordered and managed.  It goes something like this...  An agency determines how much ammo per agent it needs for carry and training.  They submit a number to Congress that in turn inflates it, so now the agency must have on hand what it asked for AND the same amount for "reserve."

This is just the GOP using a news article to show they are doing somehing about reigning in DHS. Works for both parties. 

TAB is right.  Our READY locker had enough 9mm ammo for each person to have 45 rounds plus another 50 for each in reserve.  That didn't include the allocation in the bunker we used for training or for the squadron's to use.  We rotated it out with the training stuff, but we got new training ammo every quarter too.  If the training ammo didn't get used it was set aside and used for fun shoots.  We went through about 2000 9MM, 1200 223, and 500 308 a quarter in unused training allocation.  Couldn't keep it, and didn't want to turn it back in.

Are you going to tell us it's Bush's fault too ?

[jnevis]

No, the reg I was referring to goes back at least until the mid 90's.  It may have been written in an OPNAV Instruction but it had to be authorised by Congress.  When I went to small arms management, the instruction read something to the effect that you shall maintain a reserve of at least equal to your annual allocation.

DHS let a contract for 150 million rounds and uses 115 million annually over the course of the contract.  The factory where you worked didn't add a little fudge factor into bids?  I doubt it.  They don't have to receive all of it but they do have to be able to get at least what they are using.

Like I said, its all for show. They just want to look like they are doing something before an election, nothing will come of it when or if its implemented.

Like CR mentioned here and Magoo on the other thread, ammo availability and price are more a function of individuals buying it all up, not just the gov.  The gov doesn't use 357 or 22 may at all and VERY little if any 22lr but you can't find it anywhere.  We did use as much 12ga as we did 223 for awhile where I was at but you can still get it at WalMart.