The service has only 63 armed personnel, which brings the purchase out at around rounds per officer. This, suffice it to say, does not present a great threat to the Republic. It is true that in , the FBI ordered up to million bullets for its 13, special agents which works out to 7, per agent. But in the real world, ammunition is not divided up and handed out on such a basis.
What is bought is stockpiled and then allocated on the basis of need. Moreover, as the chief of staff to Congressman Lynn Westmoreland R. DHS entered into a contract that allows them to purchase up to million rounds of 40 caliber ammunition over the next five years.
They cannot exceed million rounds and are not required to purchase million rounds. Basically, they have a tab with a manufacturer to order more rounds as they are needed over the next five years — not a one-time ammunition order.
The popular claim that one in five IRS agents is armed is false, too. Also untrue, but a popular talking point: The legions of new IRS agents expected to be hired to enforce Obamacare will be armed. I am second to none in wishing that the IRS did not exist, and that, if it must, it did not have Obamacare to enforce. And the Department of Education?
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H M S In the news. Robert Johnson. Sign up for notifications from Insider! Stay up to date with what you want to know. Loading Something is loading. Email address. Because they expand when they enter the body, hollow-point bullets are known to cause more tissue damage than other bullets. But hollow-points are preferred for duty ammunition because they stop when they hit an object instead of passing through it and striking more objects.
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