DHS ammo purchases, is this why some ammo is hard to find?

[genesee_mohican]

http://www.infowars.com/dhs-to-purchase-62-million-rounds-of-ar-15-ammo/

 

 

A posting on FedBizOpps.gov this week reveals that the DHS is looking to contract with a company to provide 12.6 million rounds of .223 Remington ammunition per year for a period of five years – totaling 62.5 million bullets.

 

Click the link to read the entire story. At the end it says....

 

Furthermore, U.S. soldiers were shooting around 5.5 million rounds of ammunition per month during the war in Iraq, or 66 million rounds annually. Using that figure, the feds have stockpiled enough ammo over the past two years to fight a 32-year war.

[Mr VJP]

From what I understand, these are contracts to possibly purchase that amount.  The government is not obligated to buy that much, they are just locking in a lower price with a quantity contract.

 

At least that's the spin from those who say it's nothing to worry about.

[Trial153]

No cause for alarm, it all can be explained away. Keep trusting the federal government and everything will be just fine.....