I wonder just who they're buying it for (if the plan is to distribute it) or if they're storing it to create a shortage. Weaponized IRS has just taken on a new meaning. I don't know about the legalities of this, but it seems like a rather suspicious purchase for a tax collecting organization.
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Didn't the USDA buy up a bunch of ammo a couple of years ago? Was it to train their SWAT team? lol
See the above comment by u/Survey_girl - his/her personal knowledge/anecdote of armed USDA being mostly involved in food stamp fraud these days.
Here is one of the busts he was involved with in 2016....
http://archive.today/yXfeB
Impressive. Seems like it was a dual identity-theft and food stamp fraud investigation.
The latest news I could find, this on a cursory search, that specifically highlights the USDA is from 2014. That'd be during Obama's term, just for reference.
https://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/submachine-gun-usda-buy/2014/05/17/id/571905/