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Huffington Post Sez Social Security Administration Wants to Buy 174000 Bullets
bkoenig:
--- Quote from: Ronvandyn on August 22, 2012, 07:59:40 PM ---Like I said, I just cant figure why some agencies have armed officers. Maybe it’s a “status” thing for the higher-ups, “Look, we have guns too!!”. Go figure.
Ron
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I think you've pegged it. If you don't have an armed division you're nobody in the hierarchy of the Federal government.
BluejayLaw14:
http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/04/us/social-security-bullets/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
CNN's even talking about it. If you value keeping your blood pressure low, don't read the comments section.
Kendahl:
Since Oklahoma City and then 9/11, security has gotten a lot tighter at federal facilities. A year and a half ago, when I went to the Social Security office in Omaha to fix an oversight, I noticed two security guards armed with what looked like Glocks. At the time, I assumed they were private guards hired by the SSA. However, it is entirely possible they were federal employees.
I suspect the contract is for up to 174,000 rounds rather than a firm order. How many they will actually buy and when remains to be seen.
bkoenig:
A sane government would have federal marshals providing security, performing investigations, etc for all the different government agencies. But in the screwed up world of Washington DC it makes sense to have a separate law enforcement arm for each individual agency, each with its own leadership, office and support staff, supply chain, you name it.
Government has become a self-perpetuating entity. It has become the end, not the means to the end.
NE Bull:
http://www.examiner.com/article/zombie-alert-homeland-security-disaster-preparedness-tips-issued
I think this answers the questions brought up here. ;) 8)
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