These bullets are not being purchased and stored for squirrel or coyote
hunting. This is serious ammunition manufactured to be used for serious
purposes. What do 'they' know that we don't?
By Major General Jerry Curry, USA (Ret.)
The Social Security Administration (SSA) confirms that it is
purchasing 174 thousand rounds of hollow point bullets to be delivered
to 41 locations in major cities across the U.S. No one has yet said
what the purpose of these purchases is, though we are led to believe
that they will be used only in an emergency to counteract and control
civil unrest. Those against whom the hollow point bullets are to be used
— those causing the civil unrest — must be American citizens; since the
SSA has never been used overseas to help foreign countries maintain
control of their citizens.
What would be the target of these 174, 000 rounds of hollow point
bullets? It can’t simply be to control demonstrators or rioters. Hollow
point bullets are so lethal that the Geneva Convention does not allow
their use on the battle field in time of war. Hollow point bullets don’t
just stop or hurt people, they penetrate the body, spread out, fragment
and cause maximum damage to the body’s organs. Death often follows.
Potentially each hollow nose bullet represents a dead American. If
so, why would the U.S. government want the SSA to kill 174,000 of our
citizens, even during a time of civil unrest? Or is the purpose to kill
174,000 of the nation’s military and replace them with Department of
Homeland Security (DHS) special security forces, forces loyal to the
Administration, not to the Constitution?
All my life I’ve handled firearms. When a young boy growing up on my
father’s farm in Pennsylvania Dad’s first rule of firearms training was,
“Never point a gun at someone, in fun or otherwise, unless you intend
to shoot them. If you shoot someone, shoot to kill.” I’ve never
forgotten his admonition. It stayed with me through my Boy Scout
training, when I enlisted in the army as a Private to fight in the Korea
War, during my days as a Ranger and Paratrooper and throughout my thirty-four year military career.
If this were only a one time order of ammunition, it could easily be
dismissed. But there is a pattern here. The National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has ordered 46,000 rounds of hollow
point ammunition. Notice that all of these purchases are for the lethal
hollow nose bullets. These bullets are not being purchased and stored
for squirrel or coyote hunting. This is serious ammunition manufactured
to be used for serious purposes.
In the war in Iraq, our military forces expended approximately 70
million rounds per year. In March DHS ordered 750 million rounds of
hollow point ammunition. It then turned around and ordered an additional
750 million rounds of miscellaneous bullets including some that are
capable of penetrating walls. This is enough ammunition to empty five
rounds into the body of every living American citizen. Is this something
we and the Congress should be concerned about? What’s the plan that
requires so many dead Americans, even during times of civil unrest? Has
Congress and the Administration vetted the plan in public.
These bullets are not being purchased and stored for squirrel or coyote
hunting. This is serious ammunition manufactured to be used for serious
purposes. What do 'they' know that we don't?