https://conventionofstates.com/news/why-does-the-irs-have-4-500-guns-new-report-highlights-militarization-of-non-military-federal-agencies

> There are more non-DOD federal employees with firearms (200,000+) than there are U.S. Marines (186,000).

> The Internal Revenue Service has 2,159 “Special Agents” and spent $21.3 million on guns, ammunition and military-style equipment between fiscal years 2006 and 2019. The agency stockpiled 4,500 guns and five million rounds of ammunition.

> The Office of Inspector General at HHS owns 1,300 guns including one shotgun, five submachine guns, and 189 automatic firearms. Over the last eight years, the HHS has purchased four million rounds of ammunition.

The Social Security Administration has a stockpile of 800,000 rounds of ammunition.

> The Environmental Protection Agency just spent $61,650 purchasing “body armor systems” for 137 special agents. Their gun locker includes 867,000 rounds of ammunition and 600 guns.

"Regulation is its only defense"

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