Paul Joseph Watson
Infowars.com
October 30, 2013
The Department of Homeland Security is increasing its preparations for domestic unrest by spending half a million dollars on fully automatic pepper spray launchers and projectiles that are designed to be used during riot control situations.
In an announcement of a no bid contract posted on the Federal
Business Opportunities website, the federal agency signals its intention to
purchase nearly 240,000 pepper spray projectiles, 100 pepper spray launchers, as
well as 36 “riot expansion kits”.
The PepperBall TAC-700 pepper spray launcher “features full auto,
semi-auto, or 3 round burst providing up to 700 rounds per minute,”according to the
company which will provide the DHS with the weapons. It is also “accurate to
60 feet with area saturation up to 150 feet.” The weapon is routinely used in riot control situations around the world.
According to a video demonstration, the TAC-700 has a “strong
psychological influence” on the people it is being used against because it is so
loud and sounds like an automatic machine gun.
Although the weapons are being purchased by Immigration and
Customs Enforcement, the document makes it clear that they will be used to train
Federal Protective Service (FPS) agents.
The total cost of the contract amounts to $498,970 dollars and
mandates that delivery of the weapons will be made within 60 days of the
award.
Although the contract states that the pepper spray projectiles
will be used for “training purposes,” 117,000 of them are inert compared to
120,000 “Live X Projectiles,” which are the most powerful projectiles
available on PepperBall’s
website, and are designed to be used during riot control situations.
The “riot expansion kits” being purchased by the DHS are holsters
that accompany the PepperBall products and can be used to store projectiles. According
to one website, they represent, “the perfect non-lethal crowd management
tool for gaining compliance over rioters, organized protesters, and unlawful
assemblies,” and can be used to, “Gain psychological advantage over unruly
crowds.”
The purchase of these items sends another clear signal that the
DHS is preparing for some form of civil disorder.
In
June it emerged that the DHS was purchasing top of the range body armor and
helmets for FPS guards as part of preparations for “riot control situations.”
This followed a controversial drill last year dubbed “Operation
Shield,” during which FPS agents armed with semiautomatic guns were posted
outside a Social Security office in Florida. The unannounced exercise centered
around “detecting the presence of unauthorized persons and potentially
disruptive or dangerous activities.” Residents were forced to show
identification papers to the guards during the drill.
Back in May, FPS guards were stationed
outside an IRS building in St. Louis during a Tea Party demonstration, and
the DHS has also used its sub-branch to spy
on protesters.
As
we reported last week, Homeland Security is spending $80 million dollars on
hiring armed guards in New York to be used during “public demonstration(s),” as
well as “civil disturbances, or other unanticipated events on an as-needed
basis.”
Fox News host Neil
Cavuto speculated that the guards could be linked to cuts in food stamp
benefits set to take effect on November 1st.
Watch another video of the Pepperball TAC-700 in action below.
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