I’m not getting excited about all those chain emails I’ve been getting shrieking about reports of federal ammo buying—hundreds of thousands of rounds here, millions of round there—because I know something more important.
Which is that while federal agents may feel free to push around the occasional unlucky individual, they aren’t crazy enough to take on even ten percent of the population. A very well-armed population.
So I wasn’t surprised to see this pretty good explanation of the phenom:
“And why does the USDA need 320,000 rounds? Because it runs the Forest Service, which covers ‘155 national forests’ and ’20 national grasslands’ on a total of ‘193 million acres of land.’ As well as agents in the field, the outfit has a law-enforcement unit based in Washington, D.C., whose responsibility it is to enforce federal laws and regulations. In context, those 320,000 rounds look a lot less threatening: ….for an organization that covers an area the size of Pakistan (or twice the size of Japan or Germany).”
If concern is keeping you from your beauty sleep, you should read it all here.
Via Instapundit.
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