stocking up

The department of homeland security recently purchased 450 million rounds of .40 caliber hollow point ammunition.   That's roughly a bullet and a half for every US citizen.  That's a LOT of ammo.  Considering homeland security is designed to operate solely within US borders, it stands to reason this ammo is intended to be used on the general population.  The combined total of firearm ammo used during the gulf war was only 6.5 million, which makes 450 million rounds of hollow point ammo to be used only in the good ol' USA a concept that's hard to wrap your mind around.

It's not just homeland security buying ammo.  In 2009 41 percent of Americans owned guns.  Two years later, that number jumped to 47 percent and the numbers are climbing.  Even with Walmart's inflated ammo prices, ammunition is flying off the shelves faster than it can be restocked and gun manufacturers have a six month waiting list for some models.  The vast majority of American gun owners realize the biggest threat to their way of life won't be from foreign invaders but their own government in an attempt to beat them to their guns, so they stockpile more, just in case.  DHS, as well as every other agency on the planet, can see Americans are arming themselves to the teeth.  As Ash said in Army of Darkness, "Good.  Bad.  I'm the one with the gun."

It's not just guns and ammo that's selling like hotcakes.  MREs, freeze dried foods, water purification systems, non-GMO seeds, canned goods, rice, potassium iodide, geiger counters, gas masks, and everything else humans consider essential for survival are being bought and stocked in record numbers by individuals and governments alike.

Why?  Is it because government leaders and the smart guys running the show know more than the common Joe?

Here's some food for thought.

Zibigniew Brzezinski once said at a Trilateral meeting, "It used to be easier to control a million people than to kill a million people but today it's easier to kill a million people than it is to control a million people."  Henry Kissinger once said we have way too many people on our planet for Earth's limited resources and suggested we cull the herd by two to three billion people.

Is Walmart still open?