The Internal Revenue Service has been called out over the agency’s recent purchase of over $700,000 worth of ammunition – followed by a question as to why IRS agents would need to carry firearms in the first place.
Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado brought up the matter in a recent tweet, questioning the motives behind arming agents and why American taxpayers are footing the massive $700,000 bill for ammunition.
“The Internal Revenue Service bought nearly $700K in ammunition earlier this year which begs the questions, why do their agents need guns to do their job and who are the IRS arming their agents against?” she tweeted Wednesday.
Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz (R) was the first to bring attention to the purchase in June and pointed out the “bizarre” pattern the data that tracks IRS ammunition purchases was showing on usaspending.gov.
“There is concern that this is part of a broader effort to have any entity in the federal government buy up ammo to reduce the amount of ammunition that is in supply, while at the same time, making it harder to produce ammo,” Gaetz claimed.
During the Obama administration in 2013, a slew of federal agencies began to stockpile firearms and ammunition after Obama’s proposed gun control legislation flopped in Congress.
The Department of Homeland Security had so much ammunition stockpiled, they had enough to fight a war that could last 24 years, at the same pace at the peak of the Iraq war. DHS stashed 1.6 billion rounds of .40 caliber and 9 mm ammo.
American Thinker reported that it is not just the IRS and DHS buying up ammunition and firearms, but a plethora of other agencies, some of which may be surprising.
“The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service spent $4.77 million purchasing shotguns, 7.62mm caliber rifles, night-vision goggles, propane cannons, liquid explosives, pyro supplies, buckshot, LP gas cannons, drones, remote-control helicopters, thermal cameras, military waterproof thermal infrared scopes and more,” According to American Thinker.
“The SBA [Small Business Administration] loaded up their arsenals with Glock pistols. The Fish folks spent approximately $410,000 on their Glocks and rifles and modified their Glocks with silencers. The Department of Health and Human Services was outfitted with sophisticated weaponry normally carried by Special Forces, stored at an undisclosed location.”
The American Thinker list continues:
Department of Energy: approximately $50,000 worth of M-16 fully automatic rifles
General Services Administration: approximately $16,000 in shotguns and Glocks
Bureau of Reclamations: approximately $697,000 for firearms and ammunition
EPA: almost $70,000 for ammunition
Smithsonian: approximately $42,500 for ammunition
Social Security: approximately $61,000 for ammunition
$426,268 on hollow-point bullets, including orders from the Forest Service, National Park Service, Office of Inspector General, Bureau of Fiscal Service, as well as Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Marshals, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The latter three, sure, but the Forest Service, National Park Service, and Inspector General’s Office?
Bureau of Engraving and printing: approximately $100,000 on firearms
U.S. Mint: almost $180,000 for ammunition
Bureau of Fiscal Services: approximately $672,000 on ammunition and firearms
Department of Agriculture: $1.1 million for weapons and ammunition
ARE AMERICANS ALSO BUYING UP AMMO,JUST IN CASE????
They bought it to keep the citizens from having any when dictator BIDEN trys taking guns from patriots WHO KNOW THE SECOND AMENDMENT WAS PUT IN PLACE FOR THIS EXACT REASON. IT SAYS TO PROTECT OUR COUNTRY FROM DOMESTIC TERRORIST
I’m sure many Patriots are buying ammo also! As the Scouts say be prepared. Nuff’said