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To: FJB who wrote (768065)	2/5/2014 5:42:25 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575625

When are they going to tell Muslims to eliminate jihad?

To: FJB who wrote (768065)	2/5/2014 11:20:57 PM
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U.S. Postal Service Announces Giant Ammo Purchase "Post Office joins other federal agencies stockpiling over two billion rounds of ammo". Kit Daniels Infowars.com February 5, 2014 The U.S. Postal Service is currently seeking companies that can provide “assorted small arms ammunition” in the near future. The U.S. Postal Service joins the long list of non-military federal agencies purchasing large amounts of ammunition. On Jan. 31, the USPS Supplies and Services Purchasing Office posted a notice on the Federal Business Opportunities website asking contractors to register with USPS as potential ammunition suppliers for a variety of cartridges. “The United States Postal Service intends to solicit proposals for assorted small arms ammunition,” the notice reads, which also mentioned a deadline of Feb. 10. The Post Office published the notice just two days after Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) announced his proposal to remove a federal gun ban that prevents lawful concealed carry holders from carrying handguns inside post offices across the country. Ironically the Postal Service isn’t the first non-law enforcement agency seeking firearms and ammunition. Since 2001, the U.S. Dept. of Education has been building a massive arsenal through purchases orchestrated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. The Education Dept. has spent over $80,000 so far on Glock pistols and over $17,000 on Remington shotguns. Back in July, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration also purchased 72,000 rounds of .40 Smith & Wesson, following a 2012 purchase for 46,000 rounds of .40 S&W jacketed hollow point by the National Weather Service. NOAA spokesperson Scott Smullen responded to concerns over the weather service purchase by stating that it was meant for the NOAA Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement for its bi-annual “target qualifications and training.” That seems excessive considering that JHP ammunition is typically several times more expensive than practice rounds, which can usually be found in equivalent power loadings and thus offer similar recoil characteristics as duty rounds. Including mass purchases by the Dept. of Homeland Security, non-military federal agencies combined have purchased an estimated amount of over two billion rounds of ammunition in the past two years. Additionally, the U.S. Army bought almost 600,000 Soviet AK-47 magazines last fall, enough to hold nearly 18,000,000 rounds of 7.62x39mm ammo which is not standard-issue for either the U.S. military or even NATO. It would take a Lockheed Martin C-5 Galaxy, one of the largest cargo aircraft in the world, two trips to haul that many magazines. A month prior, the army purchased nearly 3,000,000 rounds of 7.62x39mm ammo, a huge amount but still only 1/6th of what the magazines purchased can hold in total. The Feds have also spent millions on riot control measures in addition to the ammo acquisitions. Earlier this month, Homeland Security spent over $58 million on hiring security details for just two Social Security offices in Maryland. DHS also spent $80 million on armed guards to protect government buildings in New York and sought even more guards for federal facilities in Wisconsin and Minnesota. While the government gears up for civil unrest and stockpiles ammo without limit, private gun owners on the other hand are finding ammunition shelves empty at gun stores across America, including shortages of once-common cartridges such as .22 Long Rifle. This article was posted: Wednesday, February 5, 2014 credit no1stockman

To: FJB who wrote (768065)	2/5/2014 11:22:27 PM
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Federal employee unions use tax-funded official time, money to build political muscle .............................................................................................. Foxnews ^ \| February 05, 2014 \| Mark Flatten

To: FJB who wrote (768065)	2/5/2014 11:23:02 PM
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Prosecutor: Fast & Furious Guns Were at Scene of Brian Terry's Murder Wednesday, February 05, 2014 9:53:55 PM · by gooblah · 5 replies Breitbart ^ \| 5 Feb 2014, 3:20 \| Awr Hawkins

To: FJB who wrote (768065)	2/5/2014 11:26:57 PM
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Kerry to Israeli critics: I’ve been 'attacked before by people using real bullets' The Daily Caller ^ \| 2/5/14 \| Jamie Weinstein

To: FJB who wrote (768065)	2/5/2014 11:35:48 PM
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The Left Spins Job Losses Due to ObamaCare as a Good Thing Wednesday, February 05, 2014 11:05:27 PM · by rightwingerpatriot · 4 replies Rightwingpatriot.com ^ \| February 5, 2014 \| Rightwingerpatriot

To: FJB who wrote (768065)	2/5/2014 11:36:04 PM
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BERETTA: Maryland disrespects us and gun owners, so we expand in Tennessee .................................................................................................................. washingtontimes.com \| 2/4/14 \| Ugo Gussalli Beretta My family has operated our business from the same small town in northern Italy for 500 years. This means that when we make a commitment to a local community, our hope is to do so for decades, if not centuries, to come. We apply this same philosophy to all of our factories and locations throughout the world. Such a commitment is not a one-way street, though. In return for our investment in jobs, facilities and assistance to the local economy, we ask for respect and a supportive business climate. We deserve such respect. We make the standard sidearm for the U.S. armed forces. We also make firearms that police and consumers use to save their lives and the lives of others. We also make sporting firearms that are enjoyed by tens of millions of people worldwide, from Olympic shooters to weekend hunters. Our business has grown in recent years, and because of that, we needed to expand production in our U.S facility, located in Accokeek, just outside of Washington, D.C., in the Maryland suburbs. Unfortunately, as we were planning that expansion, Maryland’s governor and legislature voted in favor of new regulations that unfairly attack products we make and that our customers want. These regulations also demean our law-abiding customers, who must now be fingerprinted like criminals before they can be allowed to purchase one of our products. We have seen these types of legislative proposals in Maryland before, and they never seem to reduce crime. Maybe this is because the proponents of such legislation blame the product instead of human misconduct.’ But in any event, because of these new restrictions and the pattern of harassment aimed at lawful firearm owners we have seen in Maryland over the decades, we decided to expand our facilities in a state that shows more respect for citizens who exercise their Second Amendment rights. We chose Tennessee for our new facility expansion. Our plans for that location are extensive and long-lasting. We chose Tennessee because the governor and legislators in that state understand what it means to support businesses (such as through job recruitment and training programs) that improve employment in the state without treating companies as a necessary evil. We chose Tennessee also because the vast majority of its residents and their elected officials have shown that they respect and honor the American tradition of personal freedoms, including the right to bear arms. Ugo Gussalli Beretta is CEO and president of Beretta Holding S.p.A. Read more: washingtontimes.com