DHS wants "personal defense weapons," says citizens can't own "assault weapons"

So it seems that back in June 2012, the Department of Homeland Security issued a Request for Proposal to purchase 7000 Personal Defense Weapons, select fire, (meaning fully automatic capable) versions of the popular AR-15, the single most popular rifle in America, claiming they are “suitable for personal defense use in close quarters.”

Now these are the very same guns, from the same manufacturers and minus the select fire capability that Diane Feinstein says are unsuitable for a citizen to own and use, not even for personal defense use in close quarters. Note that the RFP even calls for the purchase and use of those scary, extra-dangerous 30 round magazines. And why do these government employees need these scary, select-fire bullet spraying rifles instead of the semi-automatic version? Hmm?

The hypocrisy is blatant and remarkable. In the first place, if I don't need an AR15, why does the Department of Homeland Security need them? More importantly, if these scary guns are good for personal defense of DHS personnel, why are they not suitable for you or me to use for the same purpose? C'mon .gov, you can't have it both ways!

This article doesn't say if any manufacturer was approved for the contract and realistically, every one of the current manufacturing firms making these guns couldn't stay financially viable if they refused to sell 7000 guns to the government but wouldn't it be neat if they decided to not bid to sell these  guns? It's obvious that the government wants to ban the sale of these guns to civilians, you and I because of the very few jackasses that have misused them but stopping those civilian sales will hurt more firm's bottom lines than getting or not getting 1 government contract. That contract is only going to go to 1 company all the other companies are going to be badly hurt should Dianne succeed.

All in all, I think Dianne's bill hasn't a snowball's hope in hell of success. Yet it is just appalling to me how blatant and obvious the hypocrisiy that our government "betters" are with their intent and wishes.

David Codrea has thoughts on this subject too.
Hat tip to Radio Vice Online for this interesting bit of news.