National Weather Service orders 46,000 rounds... for the Fish Police which work for the NOAA

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**Frazzled**

http://www.infowars.com/national-weather-service-follows-dhs-in-huge-ammo-purchase/

46,000 pistol caliber rounds, for what???

National Weather Service Follows DHS In Huge Ammo Purchase

Hollow point bullets designed to cause maximum organ damage

Paul Joseph Watson
Infowars.com
Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Why would the National Weather Service need to purchase large quantities of powerful ammo? That’s the question many are asking after the federal agency followed in the footsteps of the Department of Homeland Security in putting out a solicitation for 46,000 rounds of hollow point bullets.

A solicitation which appears on the FedBizOpps website 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.
A d v e are t i s e m e n t
The NWS is following its federal counterpart the DHS in securing large quantities of ammo. Back in March,Homeland Security purchased 450 million rounds of .40-caliber hollow point bullets that are designed to expand upon entry and cause maximum organ damage, prompting questions as to why the DHS needed such a large amount of powerful bullets merely for training purposes.

As the Business Insider notes, hollow point bullets have been “illegal in international warfare since 1899.”

The DHS is also planning to purchase a further 750 million rounds of different types of ammo in a separate solicitation that also expires on August 20, including 357 mag rounds that are able to penetrate walls.

The DHS recently put out an order for riot gear in preparation for the upcoming DNC, RNC and presidential inauguration. The U.S. Army is also busy buying similar equipment.

The DHS also recently purchased a number of bullet-proof checkpoint booths that include ‘stop and go’ lights.

The federal government is clearly gearing up for the likelihood of civil unrest on a scale that could outstrip what we’ve already seen in countries across Europe.

While the establishment demonizes the second amendment in light of recent mass shootings and legislation is prepared to ban the sale of large quantities of ammunition online, the federal government is acquiring ammunition at levels necessary to fight a full scale domestic war.

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Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Prison Planet.com. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a regular fill-in host for The Alex Jones Show and Infowars Nightly News.

Tags: Domestic News, Police state

**purplefood**

Maybe they know something we don't?

**Frazzled**

purplefood wrote:Maybe they know something we don't?

And by that if you mean they have fat budgets with no one providing real oversight and asking simple questions like "wait, you're a bunch of weathermen and you want 50,000 rounds of ammunition? You guys are so funny. Denied."

**LordofHats**

Maybe they want to shoot bullets into a hurricane and see where they come out?

Or maybe (as with the army) they're attempting to find some way to make up for budget shortfalls?

**Frazzled**

LordofHats wrote:Maybe they want to shoot bullets into a hurricane and see where they come out?

Or maybe (as with the army) they're attempting to find some way to make up for budget shortfalls?

Mmm...creative budget supplemation. I like that.
Maybe they are just starting a new cartel out of weather vans. I think Ron Burgundy needs to look into this.

**daedalus**

Isn't infowars a "crazy person site", or am I misinformed?

**LordofHats**

daedalus wrote:Isn't infowars a "crazy person site", or am I misinformed?

Reading the article that jumps to a conclusion that the government is getting ready to use the National Weather Service to put down civil disorder, I think the answer is yes

**Frazzled**

LordofHats wrote:
daedalus wrote:Isn't infowars a "crazy person site", or am I misinformed?

Reading the article that jumps to a conclusion that the government is getting ready to use the National Weather Service to put down civil disorder, I think the answer is yes

I think we all know weathermen are the ideal insertion unit for urban pacification.

**LordofHats**

Somehow I can't see Ollie Williams as being that threatening. Even with a gun.

**notprop**

Amurikans give gunz to weathermen, figures i suppose - you give them to everyone else.

We cant even trust our weathermen with the fething weather never mind a pistol!

**Manchu**

Frazzled wrote:46,000 pistol caliber rounds, for what???

There's a storm brewin'.

**Kanluwen**

LordofHats wrote:Somehow I can't see Ollie Williams as being that threatening. Even with a gun.

"What's the weather like Ollie?"
"It's gonna rain bullets!"
"That's nice Ollie. Now to Trish Takanawa for a look at the streets."

**whembly**

'cuz they're watching the lunar schedules...

Anti-Zombie preparations?

**Ouze**

daedalus wrote:Isn't infowars a "crazy person site", or am I misinformed?

It's very much a crazy person site, which makes you really wonder about the motivations of a person who would post tripe like this without any critical thinking. There are several law enforcement agencies under the purview of the NOAA, and the ammunition is undoubtedly a multiyear contract destined for one or the other.

See you guys tomorrow on the next exciting episode of... The Daily Derp©.

**Frazzled**

Ouze wrote:
daedalus wrote:Isn't infowars a "crazy person site", or am I misinformed?

It's very much a crazy person site, which makes you really wonder about the motivations of a person who would post tripe like this without any critical thinking. There are several law enforcement agencies under the purview of the NOAA, and the ammunition is undoubtedly a multiyear contract destined for one or the other.

See you guys tomorrow on the next exciting episode of... The Daily Derp©.

WHY IS THERE A LAW ENFORCEMENT UNIT UNDER THE FREAKING WEATHER CHANNEL??? And you're saying I'm the crazy person?

**Iur_tae_mont**

Frazzled wrote:
Ouze wrote:
daedalus wrote:Isn't infowars a "crazy person site", or am I misinformed?

It's very much a crazy person site, which makes you really wonder about the motivations of a person who would post tripe like this without any critical thinking. There are several law enforcement agencies under the purview of the NOAA, and the ammunition is undoubtedly a multiyear contract destined for one or the other.

See you guys tomorrow on the next exciting episode of... The Daily Derp©.

WHY IS THERE A LAW ENFORCEMENT UNIT UNDER THE FREAKING WEATHER CHANNEL??? And you're saying I'm the crazy person?

Dunno about you, but I get miffed when it rains on a day I was going to prime models.

Maybe they got a lot of threatening phone calls from fellow hobbyists that lack a well ventilated room to prime models.

**rubiksnoob**

Today's forecast is cloudy, in the mid to upper 60's with a mild chance of REVOLUTION!

**Ouze**

Manchu wrote:
Frazzled wrote:46,000 pistol caliber rounds, for what???
There's a storm brewin'.

This sounds like the tag line for an awesome movie, about a fisheries services detective in film noir style.

**KalashnikovMarine**

The IRS, EPA, Department of Education, the Weather Service and many, many others who do not have law enforcement duties as part of their job curriculum receive the blessing of the Federal Government to carry a weapon everywhere they please, this includes on a plane, courts of law, and everywhere else John Q. Citizen can't take a gun.

They are the sacred upper class that deserve such privileges. We the filthy unwashed masses must be disarmed, pacified and given the mushroom treatment as quickly as possible.

Fun facts: An anti gun senator just defended his home with a firearm, killing an intruder. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) another rabid anti-gun liberal holds a CA concealed carry permit.

Make of those what you will.

**Frazzled**

rubiksnoob wrote:Today's forecast is cloudy, in the mid to upper 60's with a mild chance of REVOLUTION!

That alone makes this thread worthwhile.

**Ouze**

KalashnikovMarine wrote:The IRS, EPA, Department of Education, the Weather Service and many, many others who do not have law enforcement duties as part of their job curriculum receive the blessing of the Federal Government to carry a weapon everywhere they please, this includes on a plane, courts of law, and everywhere else John Q. Citizen can't take a gun.

Do you have a citation for the above, that they can carry armed on planes? Also, you know every single one of those departments you listed has a law enforcement element, right?

**Frazzled**

Ouze wrote:
KalashnikovMarine wrote:The IRS, EPA, Department of Education, the Weather Service and many, many others who do not have law enforcement duties as part of their job curriculum receive the blessing of the Federal Government to carry a weapon everywhere they please, this includes on a plane, courts of law, and everywhere else John Q. Citizen can't take a gun.

Do you have a citation for the above, that they can carry armed on planes? Also, you know every single one of those departments you listed has a law enforcement element, right?

I know the IRS and EPA have armed agents. If the weather service does (in case those hurricanes get uppity I guess) I could definitely see the Sept. of Education.

And thats the problem. I posted this thread for the humor of it, but its a serious issue and really reflects both the incredibly nonexistent budget review procedures and priorities of our departments; and incredible expansion of criminalization of the regulation industry.

**Kanluwen**

KalashnikovMarine wrote:
Fun facts: An anti gun senator just defended his home with a firearm, killing an intruder.

This didn't "just" happen. It occurred in 2009, with the cases settling in 2011. This is a "local" story for me as well, so I do recall it playing out on the local affiliates.

Make of those what you will.

I "make of it" that you need to step back and find some facts before spouting off in a knee-jerk fashion, as is so sadly common with the pro-gun individuals.
I found this in barely two minutes of Google searching.

It's also worth noting that when Googling, every other result on the first page was a site which proclaimed it "Hypocritical anti-gun senator"...despite the NRA apparently liking this guy.

**Ouze**

I have a friend who worked at the IRS. You most definitely do not get to carry a gun just by virtue of said employment, other then what a normal citizen would have, at least at the IRS. He did have the right to carry one since he was in an enforcement capacity, but chose not to.

His previous job was as a beta tester for Nintendo, which he hated. He's had some weird employment.

**Spacemanvic**

WOw. When I saw Infowars listed, I thought, ok it's a crazy story.

But then I actually checked the .gov site.

It's legit:

https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&tab=core&id=bfd95987a1ad9a6dfb22bca4a19150cb&_cview=0

46,000 isnt really alot ( I usually have on hand 3,600 to 5k rounds of 556/223, 9mm, 8mm, 30/30, 22 and I shoot semi-regularly).

But thats not the point. What does NWS need with ammo? I

**Ouze**

This was answered in the 14th post.

**Frazzled**

Spacemanvic wrote:WOw. When I saw Infowars listed, I thought, ok it's a crazy story.

But then I actually checked the .gov site.

It's legit:

https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&tab=core&id=bfd95987a1ad9a6dfb22bca4a19150cb&_cview=0

46,000 isnt really alot ( I usually have on hand 3,600 to 5k rounds of 556/223, 9mm, 8mm, 30/30, 22 and I shoot semi-regularly).

But thats not the point. What does NWS need with ammo? I

Exactly.
Wait thats the job of: The Coast Guard / Navy, Department of the Interior (FIshing and Wildlife). This is even crazier. WHY ARE THE WEATHERMEN BOARDING BOATS?!?!
Oh wait. I seem to have found some video of their last stop to review logs:

**d-usa**

I am glad that for all the work NOAA does, the only thing people know about is "they predict the weather". I wouldn't expect to know infowars to be aware that there are legitimate reasons for NOAA to have bullets if they don't know that they do a lot more than that.

**Spacemanvic**

Ouze wrote:This was answered in the 14th post.

Oh, did it have a link to the FBO site?

**d-usa**

http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/ole/ole_about.html