I wonder just who they're buying it for (if the plan is to distribute it) or if they're storing it to create a shortage. Weaponized IRS has just taken on a new meaning. I don't know about the legalities of this, but it seems like a rather suspicious purchase for a tax collecting organization.
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There is an IRS Department in Ogden, UT. Outside the building, they have armed guards - I do not know if these are FBI, or DoJ Employees, or if they work for the IRS. I know the IRS hires software and computer engineers, legal and contract specialists, etc. I do not know if they maintain their own security force as well.
The Federal Buildings I have been in, have generally have had a Federal Court on one of the floors, and there were armed security in each of these buildings. I believe they were part of the Federal Court system.
I have friends who work with the FBI, and the US Marshal Service; I know they have allotted range time, and are assigned some NICE weaponry. I mean, the service pistols they have are Pro-series ($3,000+) and body armor is better than most of us can afford. Then again, for what they do, they need it.
I work for NASA, so I sit behind armed guards; but they are all commercial security (generally ex-military police). I don't know if commercial guards are assigned range time - and I don't know how many IRS agents carry. I do know that agents assigned to commercial scale tax fraud generally are armed, and may travel with an undercover security contingent.
Maybe I am naïve' but I like to think that a good percentage of IRS workers are normal Americans. People who just want to earn a living, obey the law, pay their taxes and make sure that everyone else does the same. Yes, there are some evil jerks in there; but I find it hard to believe that there is a horde of Federal Agents just waiting to enslave us all.