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Big ammo purchases by U.S. draw buzz

There have been a number of pieces posted Web-wide speculating on why the federal government has entered into big ammo purchases. The Associated Press recently asked after the matter and posted this story:

Online rumors about a big government munitions purchase are true, sort of. 

The Homeland Security Department wants to buy more than 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition in the next...

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