Wednesday 03-21-12

A little over board, you might say.

Paintball gun confusion brings SWAT team to church

Members of a local youth group left their church Sunday night with hands in the air as SWAT team personnel waited with guns drawn.

Officials responded to a perceived hostage situation at St. Mark’s United Methodist Church around 6:15 p.m. after a call indicated that an individual walked into the church with what appeared to be an assault rifle.

Officials soon discovered the suspect was a member of the church’s youth group who had brought his paintball equipment to show friends during the church’s youth night. The owner of the paintball gun said he hoped to encourage other youth to play the sport as a fellowship event.

Five junior high school and high school students were gathered at the church during the incident, said youth coordinator Amy Bela. As the night was ending, one youth looked out the front windows to see a mass of arm-bearing SWAT team members waiting outside the church. About 24 personnel were present from Midland Police Department’s tactical unit, according to spokeswoman Tasa Watts, accompanied by about 20 patrol officers.

Those in the church were instructed to walk out with their hands in the air. Nobody was taken into custody.

Youth and representatives from the church were visibly shaken after the incident, using words like “overwhelmed” and “shocked” to describe their feelings.

“These were real cops pointing real guns at my kids,” Bela said while pulling two of the girls into an embrace. “Oh my word. Even when they were calling us out, I was like, ‘Is this real?’”

The Rev. Gilbert Bela was at home with his son when the incident occured, and rushed to the scene after receiving a call from a secretary at the church. The church is equipped with security cameras, and the main door automatically locks when closed, the pastor said.

“You just never know what could happen in this world we live in,” he said. “I’m grateful that our community members did their community service today; they might not go to church here, but they’re still looking out for us.”

As members of the church recounted the night’s events between bouts of nervous laughter, they decided they might have to rethink any future scheduling of a paintball outing.

http://www.mywesttexas.com/top_stories/article_28d1e7ca-7163-11e1-909e-0019bb2963f4.html

Now that might be enough for the average home owner buy why would Homeland Security need that much?

ATK Awarded Contract to Supply 450 Million Rounds of .40 Caliber Ammunition to the Department of Homeland Security

ATK has secured a major Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity deal to supply up to 450 million rounds of .40 caliber ammunition to the Department of Homeland Security.

The 1 year contract with four option years comes at a time when many Americans believe that DHS, along with certain aspects of the military, will soon turn their sights on the American people during some sort of martial law scenario.

“We are proud to extend our track record as the prime supplier of .40 caliber duty ammunition for DHS, ICE,” said Ron Johnson, the president of ATK’s Security and Sporting group,” reported a PR Newswire release.

The Department of Homeland Security has been extremely busy in the last few months.

Whether it be mastering their surveillance of social media, planning to build level 4 bio weapons labs in the middle of the country, defending Globalism, lying to Congress about their big brother policies, labeling people who believe in conspiracy theories as potential terrorists, or taking over cyber security, DHS seems to be actively working against the American people on every front.

Considering this, the fact that they are openly ordering millions more rounds of ammunition should at the very least give the American people pause.

As 2012 continues to move forward and the awakening of the sleeping giant that is the American people kicks into high gear, federal agencies seem hell bent to continue to gear up for a possible confrontation with the people of this once great country.

http://theintelhub.com/2012/03/16/atk-awarded-contract-to-supply-450-million-rounds-of-40-caliber-ammunition-to-the-department-of-homeland-security/