"Funny how Home Land just purchased 1.6 billion bullets...wonder what they have in mind?"
...perhaps some firearms training for their law enforcement agents? Would you prefer they train with water pistols? A quick call to the Cranberry Township Police Department would reveal that, they too, train with "real" bullets. The horror! The horror!
You should calculate how many rounds that is for each Homeland Securiity employee, including secretaries. My calcs showed over 6500 rounds per employee.