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Good Question! Why DOES the IRS Have Guns?

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Oh, this is fun!

It seems that one of our pro-gun Congressmen recently introduced an act with the best name we’ve heard in a while: the “Why Does the IRS Have Guns Act.” What’s beautiful about this legislation is that it holds the IRS to the same standards that anti-gunners wish to impose on citizens. First, let’s have them tell us why they NEED a gun. Then, let’s have them explain why their guns should go pew-pew-pew instead of just pew-reload-pew. Finally, let’s just tell them to turn ’em all in or face consequences. Of course, this legislation is extremely unlikely to be passed, because it makes far too much sense. Still, it put a smile on our faces and we suspect it’ll put one on yours, too! For the details, we’re handing it over to the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms!

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The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today promptly applauded Iowa Sen. Joni Ernstโ€™s introduction of legislation to prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from arming its agents.ย Ernst is calling her measure the โ€œWhy Does the IRS Have Guns Act.โ€
โ€œThatโ€™s really a very good question,โ€ said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. โ€œWhy has the IRS spent millions ofย dollars on weapons and ammunition since the start of the coronavirus pandemic three years ago? According to aย published report, the agency spent $2.3 million on ammunition, another $1.2 million on ballistic shields, $243,000ย on body armor, nearly $475,000 on Smith & Wesson rifles and $463,000 on Beretta tactical shotguns.
โ€œOne has to wonder whether IRS agents are working for the taxpayers, or preparing to go to war against them,โ€ heย mused. โ€œThe worst thing people should ever face from the IRS is an audit, not a firing squad.โ€
Ernstโ€™s legislation will prevent the IRS from buying, selling or storing firearms and ammunition 120 days afterย enactment, and require the IRS commissioner to transfer guns and ammunition to the General Servicesย Administrationย where it would be auctioned off to federally-licensed firearms dealers to help bring down theย federal deficit.
โ€œUnfortunately,โ€ Gottlieb quipped, โ€œcontributions to the Citizens Committee to support this legislation are not taxย deductible. On the plus side, this means making a donation wonโ€™t trigger an IRS audit.
โ€œAmerican taxpayers feel intimidated enough by the IRS without facing the prospect of armed agents coming toย our doors,โ€ he observed. โ€œWhat is truly alarming is that this has been going on for years, at the cost of more thanย $35 million since 2006. However, over the past couple of years, it appears the Biden administration has literallyย weaponized the agency, and the American public should not be amused. Disarming the IRS will make us all feelย safer, and weโ€™re delighted Sen. Ernst is willing to do something about it.โ€

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