Dept of Agriculture getting SubMachine Guns for its own military force…WTF?

[Melensdad]

Apparently some errant corn kernels are on the loose and need to be rounded up by a para-military group? Or maybe the soybeans in the silo are about to make a break for the border and cause chaos in the fields? Or maybe, just maybe, the Dept of Ag wants to quell the crazy farmers who own guns?

I can think of no good reason why the Dept of Agriculture needs to have its own military squads.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Govern...rders-Submachine-Guns-With-30-Round-Magazines

A May 7th solicitation by the U.S. Department of Agriculture seeks "the commercial acquisition of submachine guns [in] .40 Cal. S&W."

According to the solicitation, the Dept. of Agriculture wants the guns to have an "ambidextrous safety, semiautomatic or 2 round [bursts] trigger group, Tritium night sights front and rear, rails for attachment of flashlight (front under fore group) and scope (top rear), stock collapsible or folding," and a "30 rd. capacity" magazine.

They also want the submachine guns to have a "sling," be "lightweight," and have an "oversized trigger guard for gloved operation."

The solicitation directs "all responsible and/or interested sources...[to] submit their company name, point of contact, and telephone." Companies that submit information in a "timely" fashion "shall be considered by the agency for contact to determine weapon suitability."

Below is a screen shot of the actual document, which can be seen here:
https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportu...01217d03b0354e1e18b69aa7bad&tab=core&_cview=0

 

[mtntopper]

Welcome to the National Forest Service and National Grasslands law enforcement agency administered by the US Department of Agriculture. Your campground host is ready to welcome you to your camping site with a sub machine gun in hand.

Our local Forest Service LEO has told me he works for the Department Of Agriculture, reports to Washington DC and not the local FS district Ranger where he has an office. He already is armed to the teeth with the latest in weapons gadgetry to protect the tree squirrels and grassland prairie dogs.

Our local BLM office also part of the Department of Agriculture has a couple LEO's setup with all the fancy LEO 4 X 4 vehicles, lights along with the weapons gadgetry required to protect the public lands they patrol to maintain law and order for the wild critters who occupy the BLM lands in the western US. Always be careful where you tread on your public lands as they are there watching you to make sure you do not step on a snail or pee behind the bush and poison the non existent water supply.

 

[muleman]

Government out of control on so many fronts. Just another piece of the personal army when they come for our guns. Cosmoline and well hidden stashes are your friend.

 

[300 H and H]

When your own taxed payer based Government is afraid of the people it represents, maybe it is time not to trust your Government anymore...

Don't those in our Government get this? It seems so simple... and it is true. They don't realise for each time the arm up against the citizens, we notice, and we don't like it one bit. The Government doesn't need to militarise the alpha bit soup of it's agencies, unless, they don't trust us.

Regards, Kirk

 

[XeVfTEUtaAqJHTqq]

I'm curious what machine gun fits that description? .40 cal with 2 shot burst groups?

Otherwise, yet another sign that our government is out of control. No wonder so many people are hoarding ammo and ar's.

 

[300 H and H]

I'm curious what machine gun fits that description? .40 cal with 2 shot burst groups?.

I wonder that too, but realise that who ever is requesting these sub guns probaby doesn't know anything about them.. They just have personal desires that may not be realistic, and no gun will fit the bill.

Kinda scares a person when some one who doesn't know anything about weapons does the ordering doesn't it?

Regards, Kirk

 

[Melensdad]

Possibly a Beretta CX4 Storm chambered in 40 with a modified fire control group?

Possibly a simple M4 (AR15) chambered in 40 with a modified fire control group, although I've only seen them with 3 shot bursts/select fire controls.