Who Does the Government Intend to Shoot?

 

By Maj. Gen. Jerry R. Curry (Ret'd.)
CurryforAmerica.com

The Social Security Administration (SSA) 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 aid in counteracting and controlling civil unrest. Those against whom the hollow point bullets are to be used -- those alledging  causing the civil unrest -- must be American citizens since the SSA has never been used overseas to help maintain control of foreign citizens.

What would be the target of these 174, 000 rounds of hollow point bullets? It can’t simply be demonstrators or rioters. Hollow point bullets are lethal, so much so that the Geneva Convention does not allow their use on the battlefield in time of war. Hollow point bullets penetrate the body, fragment and cause maximum damage to the body’s vital organs.

Potentially each hollow nose bullet represents a dead American. So why would the U.S. government want the SSA to kill 174,000 of our citizens, even during a time of civil unrest? Or is the purpose to kill 174,000 of the nation’s military and replace them with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) special civilian security forces.

All my life I’ve handled firearms. When a young boy growing up on my father’s farm in Pennsylvania Dad’s first rule of firearms training was, “Never point a gun at someone, in fun or otherwise, unless you intend to shoot them. If you shoot someone, shoot to kill.” I’ve never forgotten his admonition. It stayed with me through my Boy Scout training, when I enlisted in the army as a Private to fight in the Korean
War, during my days as a Ranger and Paratrooper and throughout my thirty-four year military career.

If this were only a one time order of ammunition, it could easily be dismissed. But there is a pattern here. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has ordered 46,000 rounds of hollow point ammunition. These bullets are not being purchased and stored for squirrel or coyote hunting. This is serious ammunition manufactured to be used for serious purposes.

In the war in Iraq, our military forces supposedly expended 70 million rounds per year. In March, DHS ordered 750 million rounds of hollow point ammunition. It then turned around and ordered an additional 750 million rounds of miscellaneous bullets including some capable of penetrating walls. This is enough ammunition to a few rounds into the body of every living American citizen. What’s the plan that requires so many dead Americans, even during times of civil unrest? Has Congress and the Administration vetted this plan in public?

Why buy all this ammunition unless you plan to use it. Unknown to Congress, Does DHS plan to declare war on some country? Shouldn’t Congress hold hearings on why the Administration is stockpiling this ammunition all across the nation? What are the Administration’s plans to use it?

Obama is a deadly serious, persistent man. Once he focuses on an object, he pursues it to the end. What is his focus here? All of this ammunition can only be used to kill American citizens. There is simply too much of it. And this much ammunition can’t be just for training, there aren’t that many weapons and “shooters” in the U.S. to train on and fire it. Perhaps it is to be used to arm illegal immigrants?

We have enough military forces to maintain law and order in the U.S. even during times of civil unrest.
We have local police, backed up by each state’s National Guard, backed up by the Department of Defense. So in addition to all these forces why does DHS need its own private army? Why do the SSA, NOAA and other government agencies need to create their own civilian security forces armed with hollow nose bullets?

Were I a senior military leader on active duty, and if I wasn’t already fully briefed on this matter, I’d ask the secretary of Defense why all this ammunition is being purchased and spread around the country? If I got answers like the ones Congress got during the investigation of Operation Fast and Furious – I’d start tracking all ammunition deliveries nationwide to find out what organizations and units are using them, and for what purpose.

The question is not whether it is appropriate for non-military departments and agencies to buy hollow point ammunition; rather, it is why ammunition is being purchased in such huge amounts and for what purpose.

This is a deadly serious business. I hope I’m wrong, but something smells.