DHS Denies Ammo Purchases Aimed at Civilians

[clublights]

The problem with issuing JHPs for use against terrorists is that you can never control whether your next encounter will definitely be against unlawful combatants. It creates yet another logistical burden (as well as legal trap) to track yet another type of ammo. By not stocking JHPs, the military can state emphatically that none of the wounds in a claimed collateral damage encounter are the result of "ammunition designed to maim or cause undue suffering". No one caught with suspect ammo can claim it was issued to him/her by mistake.

That is why I don't think you would ever see JHP in the hands of the rank and file Infantry.... but during a mission like the Osama raid.... sure. I could see Team 6 rolling in there with hollow points.

[cofi]

we are getting around it

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2...-0-ammunition/

[Dingo]

^^Pshaw.... nothing exciting. The Russians have been doing it for years with the 5.45 :-)^^

[Gman]

GAO Now Investigating DHS Ammo Purchases

The congressional investigative agency is jumping into the fray just as legislation was introduced in both the Senate and the House to restrict the purchase of ammo by some government agencies (except the Department of Defense). The AMMO Act, introduced Friday, would prevent agencies from buying more ammunition if "stockpiles" are greater than what they were in previous administrations.

Donelle Harder, a spokeswoman for Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., who introduced the legislation in the Senate, tells Whispers the bill would also require GAO to share the findings of its report on DHS purchases with Congress.

[cofi]

GAO Now Investigating DHS Ammo Purchases

any chances of the ammo act passing?

[CroiDhubh]

Here it is from the horses mouth...at least ATK's horse:

http://www.federalpremium.com/downlo...tter_FINAL.pdf