House Republicans have begun pushing a plan that would take guns and ammunition away from agents of the Internal Revenue Service.
Likely among the most feared agencies, those agents now have thousands of guns and tons of ammunition.
But a congressman has determined that, “The only thing IRS agents should be armed with are calculators.”
A Fox News report explains the plan, called the “Why Does the IRS Need Guns Act,” would disarm the agents and their agency.
It would prohibit the commissioner of the IRS from using funds to buy, receive or store firearms and ammunition, and require the bureau to transfer the arms it already has to the administrator of General Services.
From there, they would go to auctions or sales to licensed dealers, the report said.
And taxpayers actually would benefit from the income from those sales.
The plan comes from U.S. Rep. Barry Moore, R-Ala., who was blunt in his assessment: “The IRS has consistently been weaponized against American citizens, targeted religious organizations, journalists, gun owners, and everyday Americans.
“Arming these agents does not make the American public safer. My legislation, the Why Does the IRS Need Guns Act, would disarm these agents, auction off their guns to Federal Firearms License Owners, and sell their ammunition to the public. The only thing IRS agents should be armed with are calculators.”
Cosponsors included GOP Reps. Harriet Hageman of Wyoming, Mary Miller of Illinois and Clay Higgins of Louisiana.
Moore explained, on social media on Tax Day this year, “Tax Day is a great reminder that it’s time for the IRS to stop wasting our taxpayer dollars stockpiling guns and ammo.”