by Buying ammunition when it is on sale or even just before an announced (or unannounced due to current events) price hike to me just makes sense. It appeals to my innate sense of frugality.
It also, I am informed, now makes me and thousands of others like me guilty of “suspicious activity” that might “indicate pre-operational terrorist attack planning or criminal activity.” This is from a joint Department of Homeland Security and FBI “Roll Call Release”. The example given to justify calling this suspicious activity was the case of the Norwegian killer who murdered a number of children at a summer camp back in 2011.
(U//FOUO) Possession of large amounts of weapons, ammunition,
explosives, accelerants, or explosive precursor chemicals could indicate
pre-operational terrorist attack planning or criminal activity.
Really?
They also referred to “military-grade weapons”. I guess that would mean my Swiss Schmidt-Rubin K-31 rifles as they are actual Swiss Army surplus not to mention my Garand and Springfield 1903A3.
Given I found this due to a story on Off Grid News I wondered if this was just some sort of “survivalist” paranoia with little documentation. No, it isn’t.
The DHS-FBI bulletin does include this disclaimer at the end:
(U//FOUO) Constitutional activities should not be reported in a SAR or
Information Sharing Environment (ISE) SAR absent articulable facts and
circumstances that support the source agency’s suspicion that the
behavior observed is not innocent, but rather reasonably indicative of
criminal activity associated with terrorism, including evidence of pre
operational planning related to terrorism. Race, ethnicity, national
origin, or religious affiliation should not be considered as factors
that create suspicion (although these factors may be used as specific
suspect descriptions).
After all the hyperbole contained in Roll Call Release, one has to wonder just how many police departments in many areas will even notice the “constitutional activities” disclaimer.
Back when I took my competition shooting a little more seriously, and had the time and money to do so, 1k rounds for the rifle and another 1k for the pistol was the absolute minimum I shot per month. 10k rounds wouldn't last 6 months, but now would have me on a secret government list. Great…
Not an entirely new thing, Todd Green has already had to deal with some crap from the FBI due to a GFW truck driver when he purchased a pallet of ammo for a pistol endurance test he was running:
http://pistol-training.com/archives/5358
Cabela's knows more about me and my ammo buying habits anyway . . .
-Dirk Diggler
Two military grade weapons here, a Mosin and an Arisaka.