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2013-03-06 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by trailing wife 2013-03-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top

#1 Return to your shipping containers. Resistance is futile! All Federal employees will be fed first, then armed and deputized.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-03-06 07:35|| 2013-03-06 07:35|| Front Page Top

#2 Divide the rounds by the number of agents, and you get about 590 per agent; in a given year, thats about ten rounds a week. Most will be expended on the firing range, Lasher continued.

Really?

Army :: Field Manuals :: 3-23-35
APPENDIX A

COMBAT PISTOL QUALIFICATION COURSE

a. For each table of the CPQC, the firer is afforded extra rounds to reengage targets that are missed. During the course, 30 targets are exposed to the firer. However, 40 rounds of ammunition are issued with which to engage the exposed targets. A soldier who can reengage a target with an extra round during the exposure time is just as effective as one who hits the target with one round. The firer is not penalized for using or not using the extra ammunition. All excess ammunition is turned in after the completion of each table and may not be used during subsequent tables. particulars here

That's once a year in garrison. Maybe.

Posted by Procopius2k 2013-03-06 07:39|| 2013-03-06 07:39|| Front Page Top

#3 Sojurs by a large percentage [some estimates are as high as 65-75%] are patriotic conservatives and vote for Pubs. Until they leave the service and can be properly evaluated for civilian Federal Agency integration, they will be limited to Record Fire only. Due to their prior training and experience, sojurs who fail to integrate into the Federal Agency system will be labeled as potential terrorists.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-03-06 08:17|| 2013-03-06 08:17|| Front Page Top

#4 We as Americans will give the Devil himself a pass if the plausible denial rings, even if slightly tinny. That being said, "'splain this Lucy" (linky-thingie no workie):

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2013/03/obama-dhs-purchases-2700-light-armored-tanks-to-go-with-their-1-6-billion-bullet-stockpile/

Posted by Uncle Phester 2013-03-06 08:36|| 2013-03-06 08:36|| Front Page Top

#5 I'm sure there is absolutely no connection, but the late Hugo Chavez bought massive quantities [boat loads] of 7.62x39 ammo from the Russians.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-03-06 08:43|| 2013-03-06 08:43|| Front Page Top

#6 As the local ABC affiliate reported, in an attempt to clear up the confusion, police officers did not participate in breaking [the targets] door, handcuffing him, or searching his home. Instead, the Department of Education did.

Posted by Dino Shomomp7692 2013-03-06 11:06|| 2013-03-06 11:06|| Front Page Top

#7 ......and it was the wrong house.

Posted by Dino Shomomp7692 2013-03-06 11:11|| 2013-03-06 11:11|| Front Page Top

#8 At the very least the timing was a dick move. Like when you are in the forever line for the roller coaster, a kid on crutches takes his 12 friends through the handicap shortcut but looks suspiciously ok when negotiating the in and out of the car. Maybe crutches kid needs them to get around, but come-on, and the twelve friends?

So go ahead. Go through that line again immediately after getting off and I bet there will be more than that famous b!ch face going on.

Posted by swksvolFF 2013-03-06 14:27|| 2013-03-06 14:27|| Front Page Top

#9 Thanks tw, I was really surprised back in 2006 to discover that less than 5% of all the bullets bought for DoD were used in the war. But it was true.

An important thing that Rantburg can do is to catch onto the issues that seem troubling, like this ammo purchase issue, and then sort out the details. That allows those citizens concerned about our government and its policies to focus our energy and attention on things that really are troubling.

This is one of the reasons I frequent the 'burg, and share what I have learned when I can. And I am not the only one who does that here.

Thanks to all of you for sharing your knowledge with me as well.

Posted by rammer 2013-03-06 20:03|| 2013-03-06 20:03|| Front Page Top

#10 Credit where due, rammer dear. You were the first one to explain from knowledge. I've quoted you in several conversations recently, both on Facebook and in the analog world, quoted others on other subjects...always, for some reason startling my hearers.

Posted by trailing wife 2013-03-06 20:26|| 2013-03-06 20:26|| Front Page Top

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