DHS/ICE is over-gunned and over-mannedJames Smith, Contributor Big Sis hasrequestedanother 120,000,000 rounds of .40 SW ammunition. And, this time, it is to be CLEARLY used and segregated from duty ammunition. How clearly marked? From the RFI : Remember, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is the largest investigative agency in the Department of Homeland Security, and is responsible for enforcing the nations immigration and customs laws. ICE has more than 20,000 employees working in 400 offices in the U.S. and around the world. It is also charged with detaining the criminal elements of the illegal aliens that cross our borders. So naturally, the ammunition would be used to keep those ruffians under lock and key. Look at this chart: What this means is that for the 20,000 employees of ICE, they will have at their disposal 215,000,000 rounds of ammunition, to detain 33,330 inmates for Fiscal Year 2011. What happened to last years 215 million rounds? Or the year before that? Perhaps it went to training? Not necessarily the case. This is from an email I received from H.R.P. CBP agents fire 72 rounds of handgun ammo per qualification. Multiply that by 20,000 and you get 1,440,000. For the four quals each year you arrive at 5,760,000 rounds of handgun ammo for CBP alone. This does not include issue of ammo for practice and proficiency. There is enough annual ammo for each employee to do practice/proficiency 37 times of what the qualification ammunition is needed. The President doesnt even golf that much! As I started the article, a comparison of apples needs to be made. The nearest body that would be closest to ICE is the Bureau of Prisons. From their website: The Bureau has approximately 37,700 highly motivated individuals working in 115 correctional institutions across the country, and approximately 217,000 Federal offenders are confined by BOP. It should be noted that BOP has 17,000 more employees, manages 6.5 times more inmates, and in less facilities. So what are the BOPs ammunition purchases since 2003? Mind you, the chart is only since 2009: Aug 17, 2006 $ 56,517 No quantities given July 7, 2003 $226,000 Total ammunition 5,380,000 rounds Grand total of cost for the last 10 years: 7,574,517, or 1/5 the cost of one ammunition purchase by DHS/ICE. DHS is a bloated entity, hellbent on scaring innocent people. Airports, trains, online the very agency that is to protect us from terror, terrorizes us all. Fear not though. All tyrants fall. The 21st-century versions will fall just as well, if not harder and faster. Keep the faith. This article first appeared at Prepper Podcast Radio Network. Read other articles by James Smith HERE. James is a father of four and grandfather to four. He and his wife of almost 30 years have been prepping since 2003. They live in a small town, with neighbors as close as 10 feet away and have raised chickens for 2 years covertly on less than 1/5 of an acre. He is a former corrections officer, insurance fraud investigator, and he served in the Navy for 6 years. He currently works for a corporation dealing with the disabled population and their benefits. He is the host of The Covert Prepper show and the Prepper Podcast Radio Network News, both heard on Blogtalk Radio. 