I read today that (apparently) people are up in arms over the fact that the Social Scurity Administration is purchasing 174k bullets for its investigators. The CNN article quotes several "right wing" bloggers predicting mass homicide. Interestingly, Pelosi and her crowd are silent about this massive influx of devastating bullets.
Still, when one combines simple math with camparisons of what various bloggers state is their usual round count when going to the range, we see a different story. I have never read a blog entry that states a round count of less than 100 rounds. A number of my favorite bloggers double or triple that, depending on the caliber being used that day.
As the agency states, they have 295 investigators, all of whom will need range time. The simple math shows that 174000 rounds divided between those agents equates to 589.8305084745763 each, so we'll round to 590. Figuring that they all use high capacity magazines for their service pistols, we'll say that 90 are reserved for duty use and 500 are for range time. If they fire 100 rounds per session, that is a mere 5 trips to the range to maintain proficiency with their firearm. As recent events in NYC showed, proficiency with your pistol is paramount when preserving your life and the lives of those around you requires the use of deadly force.
In reality, that bullet count seems a little low...
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