Perhaps there’s a perfectly good explanation for IRS agents being trained in the use of AR-15 rifles, but with so much talk recently about the agency targeting conservatives for their beliefs, the report from Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.) is more than a little disconcerting. We’re hoping the answers come sooner than later, but the most transparent administration ever has quite a backlog of questions in the queue.
Earlier this year, Sen. Tom Coburn finally received answers to his questions about the Department of Homeland Security’s ammunition purchases. Sequestration cuts limited the DHS to 100 million rounds in 2013, mostly for training purposes. But the IRS?
@RepJeffDuncan WOW! Do AR-15's help #IRS agents do their job better? If so,it begs the question what IS an IRS agent's job under #Obama? #p2
— SavingJustice.org (@SavingJustice) June 12, 2013
Congressman doesn't know IRS has LEOs MT "@RepJeffDuncan: I toured a DHS facility I saw #IRS agents training with AR-15's. Looking into"
— Shrouded☠Sciuridae (@ShroudSciuridae) June 11, 2013
.@EMaher81 I certainly know that the #IRS has law enforcement officers. But what I'm saying is why do they need stand-off capability?
— Rep. Jeff Duncan (@RepJeffDuncan) June 11, 2013
@RepJeffDuncan True, and this applies to the #FDA as well, but you dont see them (YET) training with AR-15's.
— Core Patriot (@CorePatriot) June 11, 2013
https://twitter.com/yankeefrank23/status/344587417048715264
Whether it’s unmanned drones or AR-15s, the growing unease among the public has less to do with the technology at work than a distrust in the people calling the shots — not to mention Vice President Biden’s belief that no citizen needs more than a shotgun.
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extremely disturbing! MT @RepJeffDuncan A few weeks ago when I toured a DHS facility I saw #IRS agents training with AR-15's.
— Rhonda Koenig (@Rhondako) June 12, 2013
Uhhh…… RT @RepJeffDuncan: A few weeks ago when I toured a DHS facility I saw #IRS agents training with AR-15's…
— The Catch Fence ™ (@TheCatchFence) June 12, 2013
Um, what – MT @RepJeffDuncan: A few weeks ago when I toured a DHS facility I saw #IRS agents training with AR-15's. Looking into the issue
— Cameron Gray (@Cameron_Gray) June 12, 2013
WTH??? @RepJeffDuncan: A few weeks ago when I toured a DHS facility I saw #IRS agents training with AR-15's. Looking into the issue”
— Elizabeth Baggarley (@estarr3) June 12, 2013
RT @JodyBarrWIS: Interesting. Those tax evaders are getting a little rowdy.
— Rep. Jeff Duncan (@RepJeffDuncan) June 12, 2013
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