Agencies tamp down speculation over hollow point ammo purchases
Submitted by emalvini on Fri, 08/17/2012 - 22:22Agencies tamp down speculation over hollow point ammo purchases
Published August 17, 2012FoxNews.com
Obscure federal agencies triggered a firestorm of conspiracy theories this week after they put out orders for thousands of rounds of deadly hollow-point bullets.
But the agencies, most recently the Social Security Administration, are trying to put a damper on the speculation -- noting the ammunition is "standard issue" and simply used for mandatory federal training sessions.
"Our special agents need to be armed and trained appropriately," said a message on the official blog for Social Security's inspector general office explaining the purchases.
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you don't train
with hallow points. Those are designed for the sole purpose of killing.
When Fox says:
"a firestorm of conspiracy theories"
It immediately gives more credit to all the sh* I just read about these purchases.
We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.
-George Orwell
I feel much safer now knowing the SSA has offficers who can kill
me.
Ralph, , It is gonna get much worse before its gets better
Better stock up, we are headed for a war like nothing you have ever dreamed could happen..