Social Security Administration Blog: Why We Need 174,000 Hollow-Point Bullets
The Social Security administration has been taking heat - also see here - after issuing notice of it’s intention to purchase 174,000 hollow point bullets for its officers. Now, it’s opted to respond in a blog post here.
I guess 174,000 hollow point bullets is one way to reduce future Social Security payments. I wonder if they’ll store the hollow points in Al Gore’s “lock box,” not that it proved to be fairly secure. Next thing you know, they’ll be teaming up with Eric Holder’s DOJ and running them across the border into Mexico.
For an administration that would gladly take citizen’s firearms away if it had its way, they sure do seem pretty well armed themselves.
“Our special agents need to be armed and trained appropriately,” the blog post states. “They not only investigate allegations of Social Security fraud, but they also are called to respond to threats against Social Security offices, employees, and customers.”
The blog also links to another post about a fight that broke out near an SSA office in Massachusetts that required action by law enforcement officials.
“SSA is processing more applications than ever, which means more traffic in SSA office,” the blog states. “Employee and visitor safety is the highest priority for OIG, which, together with the Federal Protective Services and local law enforcement, has jurisdiction over SSA workplaces.”
Prior to the blog being posted, CNSNews.com had asked the agency specific questions about its ammunition order. Although some of those questions were addressed by the information provided in the blog, the agency did not say why it needed 174,000 bullets and if that quantity was customary or had increased from previous orders.
Further, we must ask why desk jockeys might already posses arms, funded by gubbamint, to fire this ammunition.
It may be that this was funneled thru the SSA in an attempt to hide the administrations efforts to
decrease ammo availability to the public at large. Be nice to know if similar purchases have ben made in the past thru other purely bureaucratic agencies.
590 rounds per officer (293 of them fast shootin’ swine pokes in SSA). If the 357s are six shooters that will hold ‘em for a quite a spell.
I also agree with Pat. The question is are these formerly peaceable agencies all hoarding up ammo at once, or is it just that the blogs are now looking into the situation? Is the government deliberately driving up the prices to initiate a scarcity or to make ammo much more expensive to buy until somebody is elected President?
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