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Anyone Have An Explanation
Topic Started: Mar 4 2013, 11:39 PM (875 Views)
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This is getting a little creepy. According to one estimate, since last year the Department of Homeland Security has stockpiled more than 1.6 billion bullets, mainly .40 caliber and 9mm. DHS also purchased 2,700 Mine Resistant Armor Protected Vehicles (MRAP). (30-35,0000 drones are on order--being built in Starkville, Miss.)

Modern Survival Blog reported: The Department of Homeland Security (through the U.S. Army Forces Command) recently retrofitted 2,717 of these ‘Mine Resistant Protected’ vehicles for service on the streets of the United States.

Although I’ve seen and read several online blurbs about this vehicle of late, I decided to dig slightly deeper and discover more about the vehicle itself.

The new DHS sanctioned ‘Street Sweeper’ (my own slang due to the gun ports) is built by Navistar Defense (NavistarDefense.com), a division within the Navistar organization. Under the Navistar umbrella are several other companies including International Trucks, IC Bus (they make school buses), Monaco RV (recreational vehicles), WorkHorse (they make chassis), MaxxForce (diesel engines), and Navistar Financial (the money arm of the company).

DHS even released a video on their newly purchased MRAPs. LINK AT WEB SITE ---Via Pat Dollard:

The MRAP featured in the video was in Albuquerque, New Mexico for Law Enforcement Day which was held at a local area Target Store. This MRAP is stationed in El Paso, Texas at The Homeland Security Investigations Office. MRAP is a Mine Resistant Armor Protected Vehicle.

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2013/03/obama-dhs-purchases-2700-light-armored-tanks-to-go-with-their-1-6-billion-bullet-stockpile/
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Right now you are only hearing this from the lunatic fringe media, who regularly like to engage in conspiracy paranoia. Remember the FEMA camps? Until something is published from a reputable news source, I wouldn't place much credibility in the info.
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It's true Tom, you can pretend it isn't if you like for awhile though.
Drones are also on order of course for the government.
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Neut, you will believe anything that reinforces your paranoia.

The Koch-ta-puss has you thoroughly brainwashed.
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Even if they are, they are a security force? What do you suggest styrofoam noodles?
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I don't know what they are but I've never seen this before have you?
Tom, keep your head in the sand.

I think you were one of the libs who argued that Egypt wasn't getting planes and tanks too.
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Maybe they could use them on our southern border to keep illegals out.
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Now that makes sense but somehow I highly doubt that is the purpose.
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I read this a week or two ago on another forum. I didn't pay much attention because I have yet to see it reported by any credible news source.

BYW, Neutral you or me saying "lit is true" does not make it so. At this point I don't think any of us know whether it is true or not.
Edited by colo_crawdad, Mar 5 2013, 12:11 AM.
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The armored vehicles are being offered to local governments, not DHS. I suspect that the bullets are mainly for training DHS personnel. Probably just another way to reward the arms manufacturers.
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