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TaxProf Blog: GAO: The IRS Has 4,500 Guns, 5,000,000 Rounds of Ammunition
I get that the IRS needs some agents to be armed. But 4000?
I get that the IRS needs some agents to be armed. But 4000?
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I get that the IRS needs some agents to be armed. But 4000?
Totals seem pretty light on the number of 'aiming devices.'
Series 1811 Special Agents of the IRS-CI are the only employees within the IRS authorized to carry and use firearms. The authority to carry and use firearms is derived from United States Code Title 26, Section 7608, wherein criminal investigators of the IRS are authorized to make arrests under Federal law. Special Agents are trained in the use of and currently issued Glock handguns, specifically Glock 22, 23, and 27 self-loading pistols. Remington 870 shotguns and Smith and Wesson MP15 rifles are also officially issued and deployed.[37] Special Agents assigned to undercover activities may carry and use virtually any common firearm.
IRS has 76,832 employees. 2,157 are federal law enforcement officers. The grand total of rifles, shotguns, pistols and revolvers works out to just over two per LEO, per that linked article. Totals seem pretty light on the number of 'aiming devices.'
Special agent - WikipediaHow about the US Postal Inspectors, EPA, Food and Drug Administration, Departments of Education, Agriculture and NOAA ? Every Federal activity that has Special Agents has firearms, all armed (often to include shoulder weapons).
Obama's Private Army: Militarizing the Federal Agencies | FreedomWorks
Full List of Armed Federal Agencies - The Truth About Guns
IRS Criminal Investigation Division - Wikipedia
Off by 60, but thats an approximate number.