Straight Shooting

Though I have in the past found it odd that the Federal 
Government would need so many bullets

....

http://www.infowars.com/dhs-purchases-200-million-more-rounds-of-ammunition/

perhaps the answer is in the article below

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/08/24/multiple-people-shot-near-empire-state-building-in-manhattan-police-say/