Arming your postman WTF

Police State Culture U.S. Postal Service Announces Giant Ammo Purchase “ ...claiming that the ammunition is a "standard purchase" for the PostalPolice. Scroll UPDATE: Since the publication of this article, the USPS has amended its pre-solicitation, claiming that the ammunition is a "standard purchase" for the Postal Police. This does not explain, however, why the Postal Police was not listed in the original notice if this is standard. The Education Dept. has spent over $80,000 so far on Glock pistols and over $17,000 on Remington shotguns.  Back in July, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration also purchased 72,000 rounds of .40 Smith & Wesson, following a 2012 purchase for 46,000 rounds of .40 S&W jacketed hollow point by the National Weather Service. As the federal government grows larger, more and more federal agencies such as the Dept. of Education and NOAA are forming and arming their own "law enforcement divisions" with hundreds of thousands spent on full-blown arsenals. Even the EPA has its own SWAT teams conducting raids on peaceful Americans. Expect to see more large-scale firearm and ammunition purchases by these bureaucracies as they become even more militarized. I imagine that most of today's lofos have no memory of the Clinton 90's when, seemingly, not a month went by without some disgruntled postal employee going berserk and shooting dead his boss and coworkers.  Too bad, since those memories  add a little gallows humor to an otherwise not funny at all news item about arming postal workers. ”