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ELI5: Why has the US Govt been buying up ammunition en masse?

It seems that the US govt has been buying ammunition, any idea why?  I'm on my mobile, ill post sources when I'm on my laptop.
gpt
The U.S. Government has always bought, and will always have to buy, ammunition.

We can't have our brothers and sisters in the Armed Forces, Border Patrol Agents, US Marshals, FBI, DEA, Secret Service, etc. going around using nothing but knives and slingshots. Those agencies require the ammunition to train and take with to the field.