Jason HowertonThe Blaze
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.
Citing a General Service Administration (GSA) request for proposal (RFP), Steve McGough of RadioViceOnline.com reports that 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.”
Republican New York state Sen. Greg Ball also issued a press release this week bringing attention to the weapons purchase request.
Calls made to DHS seeking information regarding whether or not the RFP was accepted and fulfilled were not immediately returned on Saturday.
Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.) on Thursday introduced legislation that would enact a so-called “assault weapons” ban. The bill would ban more than 150 firearms and limit magazines to 10 rounds. There is no expiration date on Feinstein’s bill.
Get all the details on the bill, including a list of firearms that would be banned, here.
Critics of such a ban on semi-automatic rifles are already arguing that the government is showing its hypocrisy by essentially saying they are good “personal defense” for them, but not for American citizens. When civilians own semi-automatic rifles, they somehow become “assault weapons.”
That being said, it is reasonable for the Department of Homeland Security to request these rifles as they are indeed effective personal defense weapons. The agency is tasked with keeping Americans safe from those who wish to do the country harm, and its officials should be equipped with all the tools they need to do so effectively.
But what about Americans who want to keep themselves and their families safe from threats? Is a semi-automatic rifle unacceptable for a civilian’s “personal defense” in his or her home? According to some Democratic lawmakers, like Sen. Feinstein, it appears the answer is yes.
Just last week two students in Rochester, N.Y. scared off a pair of home intruders by simply brandishing an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle. One of the students said he believes the weapon saved their lives.
The Rockefeller and Rothschild Khazar Bolsheviks need to be removed for all government positions and charged with Treason, RICO violations and crimes against humanity.
And to think we have allowed THEM to use OUR tax money to buy these weapons for themselves. That ought to tell everyone something isn’t good about all this.
They want these weapons because they know that WE know that they are tyrants, and that our history entails kicking the snot out of similar dictators. What they don’t understand is that like the Japanese, they are awakening a sleeping giant. Thankfully there is a massive amount of learning going on about all this, and even the average minded person is starting to get what is happening. The left has had its heyday…sadly for the left, when the pendulum swings to the right, which it always does, the right will have the laws and previous authority to use the left’s power and abuse to their advantage. You leftists better be careful what you wish for. History DOES repeat itself. And it will in the US as well. Might take some time, but the right will be horribly unrelenting in its lust to end the left as a political party. You get what you pay for.
This is why the 2nd. Amendment is so important, because we are going to have to defend ourselves against these clowns when they come to take our freedom.
Perhaps they are considering that they are needing to defend themselves from Americans who would defend the US Constitution. I am sure they will be taken as spoils of an unwanted war.
the facktorys that make them must be making a killing rite now,,good for the imployment,,