More proof that our Federal Government is out of control, and should be feared, comes from this Blaze article.
The Department of Homeland Security issued this RFP back in June, 2012 for 7000 AR-15 “select fire” rifles (fully-automatic) “Personal Defense Weapons“.
In conjunction, DHS has also recently made large (millions) purchases of rounds of ammunition that is compatible with these rifles.
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) division of DHS is the purchaser of these weapons and ammunition.
I have a few theories as to why DHS is doing this. Any combination of these theories, as a package, is possible:
