Too Many Old People?
The Social
Security Administration (SSA) confirms that it 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 counteract and
control civil unrest. Those against whom the hollow point bullets
are to be used – those causing the civil unrest – must
be American citizens; since the SSA has never been used overseas
to help foreign countries maintain control of their citizens.What would
be the target of these 174,000 rounds of hollow point bullets?
It canÂ’t simply be to control demonstrators or rioters. Hollow
point bullets are so lethal that the Geneva Convention does not
allow their use on the battle field in time of war. Hollow point
bullets donÂ’t just stop or hurt people, they penetrate the
body, spread out, fragment and cause maximum damage to the bodyÂ’s
organs. Death often follows. . . .All my life
IÂ’ve handled firearms. When a young boy growing up on my
fatherÂ’s farm in Pennsylvania DadÂ’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 Korea 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. Notice that all of these purchases are for the lethal
hollow nose bullets. 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 expended approximately 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 that are capable of penetrating walls. This is enough ammunition
to empty five rounds into the body of every living American citizen.
Is this something we and the Congress should be concerned about?
WhatÂ’s the plan that requires so many dead Americans, even
during times of civil unrest? Has Congress and the Administration
vetted the plan in public.