Paul Joseph Watson
Infowars.com
March 1, 2013
Amidst continuing controversy over the Department of Homeland
Security’s purchase of large quantities of guns and ammunition, the federal
agency is getting more secretive about its activity by censoring information
about a no-bid contract with Remington for firearms parts.
Despite the fact that documents pertaining to government activity
are only supposed to be redacted for national security reasons or if authorized
by Congress, a new entry posted on the FedBizOpps website pertaining to
the DHS’ plans for a $1.5 million contract with firearms manufacturer Remington
contains numerous blacked-out sections.
The document is an explanation of why the DHS has entered into a
contract on a basis “other than full and open competition,” in other words a no
bid contract. The contract with Remington Arms Company for firearms replacement
parts is set to run for five years at a cost not to exceed $1.5 million
dollars.
The first censored portion of the document blacks out the precise
year by year amount in dollars that the DHS plans to purchase from
Remington.
The second censored section blacks out the number of Remington
firearms that have been serviced and maintained by the ICE National Firearms and
Tactical Training Unit (NFTTU).
The third censored section relates to how the Remington firearms
are distributed at state and local levels.
The fourth censored section pertains to the government’s
reluctance to purchase a “complete firearms replacement system,” instead of
using Remington firearms.
This isn’t the first time the DHS has redacted information related
to firearms or bullet purchases.
In August last year, the federal agency classified portions
of a document to conceal references to the amount of 223 62 and 223 64 grain
ammunition being purchased in another no-bid contract.
The no-bid contract was justified due to an “unusual and
compelling urgency” to acquire the bullets, noting that there is a shortage of
bullets which is threatening a situation which could cause “substantial safety
issues for the government” should law enforcement officials not be adequately
armed.
Concerns have been raised about why the DHS is buying ammunition
in such large quantities – with the agency committing to purchase roughly 2 billion bullets over the course of the
last year, enough to wage a near 30 year war. In September last year, the DHS
also bought 7,000 fully automatic assault rifles, labeling them
“personal defense weapons”.
Earlier this week, former Governor Sarah Palin raised the subject, warning that the federal
government is “stockpiling bullets” in preparation for “civil unrest.”
She was attacked by a raft of leftist websites which claimed the issue had been “debunked,” although the
debunking consisted of nothing more than regurgitating DHS statements which
claimed the bullets were merely for target practice or that they were bought in
bulk to save money.
The so-called “debunking” also failed to answer why most of the
ammunition consisted of hollow point bullets, which are expensive and highly unusual to use for target practice.
Apparently, the mainstream media has failed to grasp that concerns
about government activity cannot be “debunked” by merely repeating glib
statements issued by government officials.
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