{"id":109323,"date":"2025-04-15T19:15:03","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T00:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=109323"},"modified":"2025-04-15T19:15:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T00:15:03","slug":"109323","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=109323","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bearingarms.com\/tomknighton\/2025\/04\/15\/republican-lawmaker-takes-aim-at-irs-guns-n1228313\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Republican Lawmaker Takes Aim at IRS Guns<\/a><\/p>\n<section class=\"post-body\">Today is tax day for most Americans. Some of us have extensions due to natural disasters, but most of you who haven&#8217;t already are probably working on your taxes today, and you&#8217;re probably thinking about how much you dislike the IRS.No one likes them.<\/p>\n<p>But something that I&#8217;ve always found perplexing is that they have armed IRS agents.<\/p>\n<p>I get that they&#8217;re in charge of enforcing the tax code, but they&#8217;re still the IRS. They&#8217;re not a law enforcement agency, but a revenue collection agency. Their job isn&#8217;t to kick in doors and make arrests, so why do they have so many guns?<\/p>\n<p>Well, one lawmaker\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/1819news.com\/news\/item\/u-s-rep-moore-introduces-why-does-the-irs-need-guns-act-we-want-to-see-agents-disarmed-as-soon-as-possible\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">has introduced a bill to fix that.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) introduced the Why Does the IRS Need Guns Act on Monday.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>The bill:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>Prohibits the IRS from using appropriated funds to purchase, receive, or store any firearm or ammunition<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>Requires the IRS to transfer to the GSA any firearms or ammunition owned or under the control of the IRS<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>Within 30 days of transfer, GSA must initiate the sale or auction of any firearms to licensed dealers and the auction of any ammo to the general public<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>Moore told 1819 News on Monday, \u201cWe\u2019re going to try to force them to get rid of the ammunition and weapons they\u2019ve bought since 2020.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That&#8217;s a solid start.<\/p>\n<p>However, there are a lot of federal agencies that have guns when they probably shouldn&#8217;t. I recall one story years ago where a tactical team from the Department of Education showed up at someone&#8217;s house regarding student loans. I don&#8217;t recall the specifics, but the fact that the Department of Education has a tactical team is more than a little troubling.<\/p>\n<p>NASA and the Department of Energy have those, too, but I get why they have them. Rocket fuel would be beneficial to terrorists, as would sabotaging a nuclear reactor. Having heavily armed personnel on site makes sense for those two agencies.<\/p>\n<p>For most other agencies, though, I don&#8217;t see why they need any such thing. If they need a door kicked down, that should fall to the FBI or some other relevant federal law enforcement agency.<\/p>\n<p>So disarming the IRS is a good start, and I hope this bill passes, but I&#8217;d rather it be a bit more expansive than that.<\/p>\n<p>While the federal government has spent years trying to disarm the American people, it&#8217;s been arming just about every governmental entity it can, which is not how the balance of power is supposed to work in this country. The militarization of federal agencies&#8211;agencies that are not law enforcement agencies&#8211;is a troubling phenomenon that no one should ever be comfortable with.<\/p>\n<p>Like the man in the comic turned movie said, &#8220;People should not be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.&#8221; That&#8217;s a lot harder to make happen when even the Department of Education has a heavily-armed tactical team. Especially when our own arms have been neutered by a century of gun control laws.<\/p>\n<p>Starting with the IRS is fine, but the line cannot be allowed to be drawn there. More needs to be done.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s hoping, though.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Lawmaker Takes Aim at IRS Guns Today is tax day for most Americans. Some of us have extensions due to natural disasters, but most of you who haven&#8217;t already are probably working on your taxes today, and you&#8217;re probably thinking about how much you dislike the IRS.No one likes them. 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