Dept. of Homeland Security acquires 2700+ MRAPs - "Mine Resistant Armor Protected Vehicles"

Billions (literally) of bullets have been stockpiled. 7,000 Select-fire "Personal Defense Weapons" purchased. Predator drones capable of identifying whether a citizen is armed. 2,700+ 'Mine Resistant Armor Protected" assault vehicles. And a leader with an arrogant indifference for the United States Constitution managing an army of trained enforcers, all of this at her command. Watch this video and then tell me the Department of Homeland security isn't arming themselves for battle right here in the "homeland." Mr.President, who is the DHS planning to go to war against?

Full story here.

"Tell me why you need an assault rifle"

The current mantra of the anti-gun liberals: "Tell me why you need an assault rifle."

Easy answer: Because it's a very well known and recently demonstrated fact that during times of crisis law enforcement will attack innocent civilians, unprovoked and with deadly force. In this case I have every right to return fire.

All it takes is for some unknown bureaucrat to accidentally label you as a "domestic terrorist" or a "threat to Homeland Security" and you'll have the entire law enforcement community working overtime to "bring you to justice," which these days means they'll burn you to death in your own home without due process. 

Anderson Cooper: "What's that smoke?"

Was the national media the only people NOT listening to a live internet radio scanner feed during the final moments of Christopher Dorner's life? Was law enforcement completely unaware that anyone in the world with a 'net connection could overhear their plans to kill Christopher Dorner by burning him to death?

The internet really does reach into some remote places. Who would ever have imagined that you could view multiple live helicopter news video feeds while simultaneously monitoring multiple law enforcement radio communications. This was easily the most spectacular "reality" event ever broadcast.

As my wife and I sat watching the scene unfold on television last night, I was able to listen in on the radio communications of the officers on the ground who had surrounded Dorner in the cabin. Here I was, in my living room nearly 2,000 miles away, viewing the helicopter video feed on television while listening to live police radio communications on the internet.

Anyone listening would have heard in real time the search for Dorner and the chase, then frantic calls of "officer down officer down," "medic ship is in the air" and "deputies still down in the kill zone." At one point I commented to my wife how embarrassing this is going to be for mainstream media. Their information was waaay behind what I knew was actually happening via the scanner feed, and what they were reporting had that fuzzy, unclear message that you get when the news is passed from someone, who is not quite sure what to say, to someone to someone else, then to a camera man who passes it to a reporter who tells it to a producer who passes it to another producer who re-languages the words for the on-air news anchor. It's no wonder we roll our eyes at most news reports these days.

And then the media was ordered to "stand down." They promptly complied by pulling their helicopters out of visual range of the scene. They knew as well as I did what was coming next, and didn't have the guts to let their viewers witness the truth. That's called complicity, and they are guilty. At this point I had one of those moments where you get that "tingly" feeling on the back of your neck and you know what's going to happen even before it does, and I said to my wife, "they're going to burn him to death". And they did.

A few minutes later I overheard the words “The burners are deployed, and we have a fire.” "Burners" are police slang for tear-gas canisters, with good reason as they are well known to start fires wherever they are used. It's common for tactical units to have Fire Department units on scene when they may be using tear gas. They'd used multiple "burners" to start the house on fire. And being that an active shooter was in the home, Fire Department units were safely away from the scene. Moments later the old wood cabin was engulfed in flames. 

Here's some of what was overheard and captured from the police scanner feeds:

OFFICER: “Fucking burn this motherfucker”

OFFICER: “Alright, we’re gonna go ahead with the plan with the burners”

OFFICER: “Copy” 

OFFICER: “Like we talked about”

OFFICER: “The burners are deployed, and we have a fire”

DISPATCHER: "Copy, burners are deployed, and we have a fire

 OFFICER: "cabin is starting to collapse.”

The cabin was a smoldering heap of ash before the mainstream media even knew what was happening. Ten minutes later CNN's Anderson Cooper: "Hey, what's all that smoke from?" DUH.

And here we are the morning after, all of us talking about what happened. As details emerge of what transpired during this entire spectacle, there is going to be plenty of media spin. The high-fives at LAPD lasted about 10 minutes before everyone there began to face the mess that needs to be cleaned up. It's the morning after and you can be damn sure those that need to be are in meetings getting their stories straight and making decisions on how this is going to be messaged to the media. Some are gonna eat shit sandwiches, others will be promoted. 

My own thoughts: This was handled badly by the LAPD from the start. The ensuing LAPD panic resulted in the shooting of three civilians when officers opened fire on two different pickup trucks because they thought they looked kinda like Dorner's vehicle. Lesson learned: the cops aren't as cool and well trained as they would have you believe. As a result the LAPD with the help of the media have turned Chris Dorner into a false hero for those who believe that police departments are secret organizations that are out of control and our oppressive government will crush anyone that tries to reveal any secrets. This story is going to give us plenty to talk about in the upcoming weeks. 

UPDATE: Seems the media is very aware of internet links to radio scanners today. I predict the news media will take a page from NASCAR's playbook and be ready to go with radio scanner technology for future coverage of events like we saw last night.

65.4 Million Guns Bought Since Obama Took Office

from cnsnews.com

By Gregory Gwyn-Williams, Jr.

There have been 65,376,373 background checks completed for Americans purchasing firearms since February of 2009, the first full month of Barack Obama's presidency.

According to data compiled by the FBI, the number of Americans purchasing guns has skyrocketed since Obama was elected.

In 2009, there were 13,984,953 background checks for Americans buying firearms. If we subtract the 1,212,860 checks completed in the month of January, the total checks for the year under Obama were 12,772,090.

For 2010, background checks totaled 14,320,489. In 2011, checks were 16,336,732, and in 2012, 19,463,832. Background checks for the month of January 2013 were 2,483,230.
This totals 65,376,373 background checks completed since President Obama's first full month in office, or 44,748 background checks per day!

By comparison, the number of gun purchases in Obama's first term is 91.1% higher than President George W. Bush's first-term total of 34,214,066 background checks.

DHS chooses to ignore the Fourth Amendment under the guise of "national security".

Claiming a "national security" need, non-elected Department of Homeland Security bureaucrats have decided they can ignore the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution and seize the electronic devices of anyone "near" the borders of the United States, without warrant, suspicion or probable cause.

For those that haven't reviewed the Constitution lately, the Fourth Amendment clearly states:

"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."

This decision by DHS is ripe for abuse:

• The Department of Homeland Security’s civil rights watchdog has concluded that travelers along the nation’s borders may have their electronics seized and the contents of those devices examined for any reason whatsoever — all in the name of national security.
• The DHS, which secures the nation’s border, in 2009 announced that it would conduct a “Civil Liberties Impact Assessment” of its suspicionless search-and-seizure policy pertaining to electronic devices “within 120 days.” More than three years later, the DHS office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties published a two-page executive summary of its findings.
• “We also conclude that imposing a requirement that officers have reasonable suspicion in order to conduct a border search of an electronic device would be operationally harmful without concomitant civil rights/civil liberties benefits,” the executive summary said.

What next then? After it's established that anyone near the border is open to unwarranted search and seizure, expect Napolitano's "Homeland Suppression Army" to be able to search your home anywhere in the United States at will, and seize your assets and belongings as she deems necessary to the needs of "national security."  It would appear that President Obama is not only allowing, but actually encouraging, non-elected, appointed bureaucrats to simply ignore the highest law of the land, the United States Constitution, and do what ever they deem necessary to intimidate the citizens of the United States. 

PANIC BUY: "An approximation of how many rounds of ammunition the DHS has now secured over the last 10 months stands at around 1.625 billion"

yeah that's 1.625 BILLION. 

Infowars.com, who has been monitoring this guns/ammunition stockpiling by DHS, reports a solicitation for an additional 21.6 million rounds of ammunition was posted yesterday on the FedBid website:

View Details for Buy # 451659

General Buy Information
Buy #: 451659
Solicitation #: HSFLAR-13-Q-00014
Buy Description : Ammunition
Category : 13 -- Ammunition and Explosives
Sub Category : 1310 -- Ammunition, over 30mm up to 75mm
NAICS : 332993 -- Ammunition (except Small Arms) Manufacturing
FedBizOpps Solicitation : Yes
Recovery Act : No
Set-Aside Requirement : Small Business
Buyer : DHS Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
End Date : 02/11/2013
End Time : 17:00 ET
Delivery Days : 30 Day(s) - Required (No. of calendar days after receipt of order (ARO) by which Buyer requires Seller to deliver)
Line Item(s)
Item No .DescriptionQtyUnit
001 Commercial Leaded Training Ammo (CLTA) Pistol Cartridge .40 caliber 165 Grain, jacketed Hollow point(Jhp) p/n P40HSTS3G OR EQUAL. BRASS CASING 100,000 ROUNDS PRICE PER 1000 ROUNDS WILL INCLUDE DELIVERY. 100 MX
002 Commercial Leaded Training Ammo (CLTA) 9MM 115 GRAIN JACKETED HOLLOW POINT P/N 9BP-115 GRAIN JHP OR EQUAL BRASS CASING 100,000 ROUNDS PRICE PER 1000 ROUNDS WILL INCLUDE DELIVERY. 100 MX
003 Commercial Leaded Training Ammo (CLTA) PISTOL CARTIDGE 9MM BALL 124 GRAIN P/N AE9AP OR EQUAL BRASS CASING 40,000 ROUNDS PRICE PER 1000 ROUNDS WILL INCLUDE DELIVEY 40 MX

This solicitation on top of the billion plus rounds already procured, plus the recent solicitation for 7,000 Select-Fire (aka full-auto) Personal Defense Weapons? What does Homeland need with 1.625 billion rounds of ammo? 7k fully automatic weapons?

President Obama, just who is DHS planning on going to war against?

And another issue to note: This solicitation specifies "Commercial LEAD Training Ammo". Remember that next time you hear some politician or departmental bureaucrat at EPA insisting lead based ammunition be outlawed. 

Or maybe DHS is just "panic buying" like the rest of us.

Department of Homeland Security requests proposals to buy 7,000 select-fire "personal defense weapons". Obama using DHS to build private army?

Barack Obama: "...AK-47s belong in the hands of soldiers, not in the hands of criminals, they belong on the battlefield of war, not on the streets of our cities..." 

Mr. President, who is the Dept of Homeland Security at war with and where is the battlefield? Are DHS agents now acting as "soldiers?"

Entire DHS solicitation here:

Departmentof Homeland Security Personal Defense Weapons Solicitation

From the Blaze:

IF ‘ASSAULT WEAPONS’ ARE BAD…WHY DOES DHS WANT TO BUY 7,000 OF THEM FOR ‘PERSONAL DEFENSE’?

• The Department of Homeland Security is seeking to acquire 7,000 5.56x45mm NATO “personal defense weapons” (PDW) — also known as “assault weapons” when owned by civilians. The solicitation, originally posted on June 7, 2012, comes to light as the Obama administration is calling for a ban on semi-automatic rifles and high capacity magazines.

• DHS is asking for the 7,000 “select-fire” firearms because they are “suitable for personal defense use in close quarters.” The term select-fire means the weapon can be both semi-automatic and automatic. Civilians are prohibited from obtaining these kinds of weapons. The RFP describes the firearm as “Personal Defense Weapon (PDW) – 5.56x45mm NATO, select-fire firearm suitable for personal defense use in close quarters and/or when maximum concealment is required.”

• Additionally, DHS is asking for 30 round magazines that “have a capacity to hold thirty (30) 5.56x45mm NATO rounds.”

Some interesting language in that RFP:

• "Personal Defense Weapon"? Why is it when in the hands of a civilian they call it an "assault weapon"?

• “Suitable for personal defense use in close quarters.”?? That's contrary to the White House talking points that insist these types of weapons are "more dangerous to the user" and "a double barrel shotgun is a better choice" for personal defense. 

• "Select Fire" means fully automatic capability. A great big NO-NO for us civvies.

• Magazines that “have a capacity to hold thirty (30) 5.56x45mm NATO rounds.” Also another "dangerous" item in the hands of us civilians.

• "Caliber 5.56x45mm NATO"... that's one of those high-powered battlefield bullets, isn't it?

Is Obama using DHS to "end run" the Constitution and build a private army to suppress American civilians? I'm not one to promote conspiracy theories, but that's what this deal sounds like to me.

A recent photo of DHS Re-Education Camp Commandant: