Back in March, the Department of Homeland Security purchased 450 million rounds of .40-caliber hollow point bullets – bullets that are designed to expand upon entry and cause maximum organ damage. Not to be outdone, the National Weather Service has now ordered 46,000 rounds of the same type of bullet.
Business Insider notes that hollow point bullets have been “illegal in international warfare since 1899.”
According to Inforwars, the request asks for:
16,000 rounds of .40 S&W jacketed hollow point (JHP) bullets, noted for their strength, to be delivered to locations in Ellsworth, Maine, and New Bedford, Mass.
A further 6,000 rounds of S&W JHP will be sent to Wall, New Jersey, with another 24,000 rounds of the same bullets heading to the weather station in St. Petersburg, Florida.
The solicitation also asks for 500 paper targets to be delivered to the same locations in Maine, Massachusetts and New Jersey.
The National Weather Service is is one of six scientific agencies that make up the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
The solicitation requires a response by August 21.
Additionally, DHS updated their order to include 357 mag rounds that are able to penetrate walls. Combine that with beefed up requests for riot gear and bullet-proof checkpoint booths and one starts to wonder what they know that we should know.
Requests for additional information from the bullet purchasing agent were ignored. If anyone else wants to try their luck, her name is Naomi Abaniel. Phone: 562.980.4053 Email: naomi.abaniel@noaa.gov
Update: According to Business Insider, the actual entity requesting the bullets is not the Weather Service but the Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement. I feel so relieved.
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