Posted: Yesterday 10:29:08 PM EDT
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/irs-banned-buying-guns-ammo-taxpayer-funds-new-bill-sen-ernstIowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst is introducing a bill on Tuesday that would prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from arming its agents with taxpayer money.
The bill, known as the "Why Does the IRS Have Guns Act," would prohibit the IRS from buying, receiving or storing guns and ammo. All guns and ammo currently in their possession would be transferred to the General Services Administration to be auctioned off to federal firearms license owners to support federal deficit reduction.
Additionally, the IRS Criminal Investigation Division within the Justice Department would be relocated.
"The taxman is fully loaded at the expense of the taxpayer," Ernst said in a press release Tuesday.
"As the Biden administration has worked to expand the size of the IRS, any further weaponization of this federal agency against hardworking Americans and small businesses is a grave concern," she said. "I’m working to disarm the IRS and return these dollars to address reckless spending in Washington."
The IRS reportedly spent $10 million on "weaponry and gear," including rifles and tactical shotguns, since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Those purchases included $2.3 million on ammunition, $1.2 million on ballistic shields, $474,000 on Smith & Wesson rifles, $463,000 on Baretta1301 tactical shotguns and $243,000 on body armor vests.
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