IRS Ammo Purchases Concerns

[Mark M.]

House Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Ban IRS From Buying Ammunition

link.theepochtimes.com

 

[Brians356]

Much ado about nothing.
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[338 dude]

More laws that if they are signed into law it will never be enforced

 

[butchlambert]

My grand Niece is shooting a lot of that ammo.

 

[Link]

On July 1, Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-FL) introduced the “Disarm the IRS Act,” which would prohibit the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from acquiring ammunition.

© Provided by VERIFYYes, the Internal Revenue Service did buy nearly $700K in ammunition in early 2022
Gaetz had previously claimed the IRS purchases hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of ammunition. In an interview published in June by Breitbart, a conservative news website, reported that Gaetz said the IRS spent approximately $700,000 “between March and June 1” purchasing ammunition.
The Disarm the IRS Act was co-sponsored by South Carolina Rep. Jeff Duncan (SC-03), who also tweeted that the IRS has “stockpiled” ammunition.
VERIFY viewer Ian sent us a link to another article and asked us to confirm if the IRS is buying guns and ammunition.

THE QUESTION​

Did the IRS buy approximately $700,000 in ammunition between March and June 1?

THE SOURCES​

• Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
• Government Accountability Office (GAO)

THE ANSWER​

Yes, between March 1 and June 1, 2022, the IRS ordered $696,000 in ammunition, a spokesperson confirmed to VERIFY.

WHAT WE FOUND​

Between March 1 and June 1, 2022, the criminal division of the IRS ordered $696,000 in ammunition, the IRS told VERIFY in an email.

 

[rijndael]

I'd bet this bill is DOA with a dem majority in both houses.

 

[BlueWater]

$700K ammo for a reported 5000 firearms. Unknown how many badged, licensed carriers are active, but assuming 5000 is accurate then that's ~140rds per gun.

Many of us burn 100+ rounds in a day or two of practice.

If the IRS is going to be disarmed (and, frankly, I don't see it's valid to have them be armed), then the actual armed part of any enforcement is going to have to be accomplished by a complementary force brought along to deal with any violence that might get unleashed on them. (Sheriff, police, FBI, if it's that sort of thing.)

Ditto, on the idea such legislation to de-fang the IRS is dead in the water. It'd water-down the agency, and most of the people we've hired don't see anything of the sort being in the citizens' (their) best interests.

 

[butchlambert]

Disarm the IRS Criminal Division! Most or all of you guys have not a clue as to what they actually do. They do not live behind a desk and push paper.

 

[Rset]

If we could get the Fair Tax in motion, we wouldn't need the IRS

 

[butchlambert]

If we could get the Fair Tax in motion, we wouldn't need the IRS

Yes sir, but I don't see it happening. It makes too much sense.

 

[ebb]

I doesn't bother me a bit that they bought ammo, it's the dozens of PS90s they bought that bothers me.