The guy in the article looks like Sabretooth from the X-men
On topic: Why US citizens are buying weapons so furiously anyway? Are they feeling threatened that someone will take away the "right to buy a weapon"? Because reason is clearly not a criminal rate...
... On topic: Why is NOOA (Weather Service) Buying Ammunition? Are they feeling threatened that someone will take away the "right to buy a weapon"? Or is this the American gun culture? (a "clerical error is said to be the reason why this happen?) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2918806/posts
Back then Janet Napolitano said it was for cost effectiveness for training practice. I am not a gun expert but hollow-point bullets for training practice on paper targets?