U.S. Dept of Agriculture to purchase .40S&W Submachine Guns

[The Annoyed Man]

https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity ... e&_cview=0

Solicitation Number: USDAOIGWEA-5-7-14
Notice Type: Sources Sought
Synopsis: Added: May 07, 2014 2:03 pm

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Inspector General, located in Washington, DC, pursuant to the authority of FAR Part 13, has a requirement for the commerical acquisition of submachine guns, .40 Cal. S&W, ambidextrous safety, semi-automatic or 2 shot burts trigger group, Tritium night sights for front and rear, rails for attachment of flashlight (front under fore grip) and scope (top rear), stock-collapsilbe or folding, magazine - 30 rd. capacity, sling, light weight, and oversized trigger guard for gloved operation. NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENT EXISTS. All responsible and/or interested sources may submit their company name, point of contact, and telephone. If received timely, shall be considered by the agency for contact to determine weapon suitability.

The requirement does not specify whether or not these guns should have a shoulder thing that goes up.

If any of you are farmers, it may be time to buy body armor.

[WildBill]

If any of you are farmers, it may be time to buy body armor.

The USDA wants to see if they work for mowing down crops.

[The Annoyed Man]

If any of you are farmers, it may be time to buy body armor.

The USDA wants to see if they work for mowing down crops.

Maybe they are worried about ninja cows?

[Wodathunkit]

Unsettling

[mojo84]

Hope the Amish farmers get in line and stay there for their own good.

[WildBill]

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[jmra]

Unsettling

[eureka40]

Does anyone really believe these are for the USDA?

I doubt it. I don't know who the end users will be but it ain't going to be farm/food inspectors.

[C-dub]

.40 S&W smg? Those should be easy to control on full auto. We don't have a spinning shooting smilie or I would have inserted one here. This is the best I could find.

[puma guy]

These to be used by USDA agents to prevent trespass of illegal hay seeds on government land.

[Wodathunkit]

These to be used by USDA agents to prevent trespass of illegal hay seeds on government land.

Perhaps preparing for a mad zombie-cow apocalypse? I believe Gary Larson predicted such a thing in the '80s.

[TexasGal]

If you wanted to stockpile ammo and small arms all over the country to prepare for (insert whatever you can think of that requires using lethal force to control civilians) right under the noses of said civilians, how would you do it? If you didn't want all that solely in the control of the military who might not be happy with you to begin with. Or maybe I'm just paranoid. It's makes so much more sense to arm every federal outfit to the teeth for no reason.

[rbwhatever1]

Cool looking Military combat gear with armored personnel carriers soon to follow. The sheep are happily grazing....

[Cedar Park Dad]

Evidently the US Forestry Service is under the USDA. In light of the widlerness areas they go into and the potential to run across weirdoes, bears, and the random cartel, that puts it into perspective. Should have AR-15s though. This looks like a request tailored for a specific gun someone saw on COPS or the last SWAT demonstration.

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[VMI77]

If you wanted to stockpile ammo and small arms all over the country to prepare for (insert whatever you can think of that requires using lethal force to control civilians) right under the noses of said civilians, how would you do it? If you didn't want all that solely in the control of the military who might not be happy with you to begin with. Or maybe I'm just paranoid. It's makes so much more sense to arm every federal outfit to the teeth for no reason.

At this point it is no longer an "if." That's exactly what they're doing, along with pre-positioning armored vehicles that are ostensibly for local PDs: they're not. When the balloon goes up the Feds will "Federalize" these vehicles. It would be a little too obvious if the Feds staged these vehicles for use by NOAA and the USDA and the SSA at the same time they're making all these big guns and ammo purchases.