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Why Is The Government Arming More Federal
Bureaucrats Than US Marines?

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Posted By: GustoGrabber, 11/18/2022 9:26:51 AM

When Congress authorized $80 billion this year to beef up Internal Revenue Service enforcement and staffing, Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy warned that “Democrats’ new army of 87,000 IRS agents will be coming for you.” A video quickly went viral racking up millions of views, purporting to show a bunch of clumsy bureaucrats receiving firearms training, prompting alarm that the IRS would be engaged in military-style raids of taxpayers. The GOP claims were widely attacked as exaggerations — since the video, though from the IRS, didn’t show official agent training — but the criticism has shed light on a growing trend: the rapid arming of the federal government.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: EJKrausJr 11/18/2022 9:33:16 AM (No. 1336622)
Armed Deep State loosely trained gestapos are coming for us. Let's hope they all read and understand Jeff Cooper's color codes and stages of combat mindset readiness. Anyone using the 2A should know them by heart. Be prepared to defend yourself.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Rich323 11/18/2022 10:19:37 AM (No. 1336688)
Don’t forget the Obama regimen bought millions upon millions of rounds of ammunition and compatible weapons. Think about this, democrats defunded highly trained, experienced police due to outrage over shootings of unarmed persons. Now we have thousands of barely trained totally inexperienced bureaucrats packing heat coming for you. Think their may be a few unjustified shootings? This is dangerous.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: FLCracker 11/18/2022 10:23:34 AM (No. 1336697)
Because there is a congressional cap on how many Marines (and soldiers, airmen, sailors and guardians) we can have, but on the number of bureaucrats.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: MickTurn 11/18/2022 10:24:37 AM (No. 1336702)
They are arming up for when they start the Revolution. I wonder how 10,000 armed bureaucraps will fare against 150,000,000 Patriots? We already see the Whites of their Eyes!
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Reply 5 - Posted by: wilarrbie 11/18/2022 10:25:40 AM (No. 1336704)
The Left is better at long term planning than the Right. It's not a big problem now (yet) but in 10 years or so when there are more currently indoctrinated college grads within the ranks ... look out Louie!
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Reply 6 - Posted by: EQKimball 11/18/2022 10:26:03 AM (No. 1336705)
I believe the Democrats’ plan has been to enact a modest property tax on guns. If firearms are a taxable asset that must be disclosed, IRS would likely need 87,000 armed agents to search for and seize undisclosed assets.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: felixcat 11/18/2022 10:46:06 AM (No. 1336730)
Because the Dems despise Americans who exercise their Constitutional rights more than our actual enemies like China, Iran, etc.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Safari Man 11/18/2022 10:59:31 AM (No. 1336747)
I would not be surprised if everyone who frequents this forum gets an audit.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: RuckusTom 11/18/2022 11:37:08 AM (No. 1336797)
The biggest advantage the federal bureaucracy has over civilians is coordination. If the IRS decides to overkill and send 100 armed agents against one potential (non convicted) tax evader, it's because they've got the ability to do it and it can be coordinated. What's that one potential tax evader got when he wakes up to his door being knocked down at 4 a.m. in the morning? One handgun at his bedside? How is he going to either fight off 100 armed IRS agents or gather 100+ to his side to fight back especially if he's in solitary somewhere?
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Reply 10 - Posted by: cold porridge 11/18/2022 11:41:58 AM (No. 1336804)
"According to Burrus, recent history helps explain the militarization of the federal government. “This is 20 years of the war on terror, with the production of an excessive amount of access to weaponry,” Remember Chris Wray telling congress that the country's greatest threat was domestic terrorism? I do. This is no longer the home of the free. I'm not even sure of the Brave.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: Foghorn 11/18/2022 11:59:22 AM (No. 1336820)
Arming agents may not work as well as the government expects. The person carrying a gun must be willing, trained, and able to shoot a person. Willing means they are willing to carry a gun. Training means they are trained to shoot the weapon with accuracy. Able means they must be able to pull the trigger to shoot a person. Are the people being issued a weapon willing to carry a weapon? Carrying a weapon may be forced on the employee. Second is training. Employees may train and do reasonably well with handling a weapon. Employees may not be able to shoot a person under any circumstances and therefore a danger to themselves and associate employees. In any case blanket arming of employees in an organization may not work well and be a danger to employees and the public.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: andyboy 11/18/2022 12:12:30 PM (No. 1336831)
Won't the GOP-controlled House vote to defund this? And if not -- why not?
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Reply 13 - Posted by: stablemoney 11/18/2022 12:14:58 PM (No. 1336834)
We cannot allow armed IRS agents going into our businesses or conducting audits of our citizens. Of the 87,000 new agents hired, none of them have one day of experience, not with audits, not with dealing with the public, and not with firearms. The IRS already has a criminal division, and no one will really be surprised that they have not gone after any criminals in decades. No statistics are released. I want to know right now how many taxpayers have not paid their taxes, how much, and for how many years has it gone unpaid. I want to know right now how many taxpayers have not filed their returns, and for how many years. I want to know how many IRS employees are still working from home. I want to know how many billions the IRS has incorrectly paid out.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: red1066 11/18/2022 1:55:13 PM (No. 1336894)
The citizens of this country have been arming themselves as well because of just this type of activity.
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