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Originally Posted by Richard
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Ah, that makes sense.
It's akin to when the .GOV says they're going to buy "X" number of planes, or tanks, or jeeps, ect., they say how many they're getting and what the cost is going to be.
But, let's crunch some numbers.
Let's take the 1.6 billion rounds that seems to be bandied about.
Over five years.
... and just guesstimating six different types of ammo
1.6 billion / 5 years = 320,000,000 rounds
320 million / 6 different types of ammo = 53,333,333.33 rounds of specific ammo
Now lets' take that number which equals just one type of ammo for one year and divide that by the number of active duty DHS personal. which the number I found is 240,000
53,333,333 / 240,000 = 222.22 per person, per specific type of ammo, per year.
Now those numbers are split right down the middle. Obviously they're going to purchase more of a specific type of ammo over another.
Also, the total number of active duty personnel (240,000) not all need to qualify, retrain, weapon proficiency, ect. (although, I could be wrong on that point).
Taking the active duty number and cutting that in half (to represent those that are weapon qualed, and need to requal, train, practice) it would be ....
444.44 per person, per specific round, per year.
Sure, that last number may not seem like a lot. but when the ammo companies, who have contracts with the .GOV (DHS) as well as the Military, and L.E., ect., they're going to ear mark those rounds made in their plants for those contracts. The civilian markets are going to then suffer, and with those who are "hording" rounds (myself included), I can see gun store's shelves being bare.
Just my "tin-foil hat" thinging.
