{"id":1923055,"date":"2023-05-02T23:41:33","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T03:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-the-last-3-years-alone-irs-has-dropped-10-million-on-weapons-ammo-and-tactical-gear\/"},"modified":"2023-05-02T23:46:03","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T03:46:03","slug":"in-the-last-3-years-alone-irs-has-dropped-10-million-on-weapons-ammo-and-tactical-gear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-the-last-3-years-alone-irs-has-dropped-10-million-on-weapons-ammo-and-tactical-gear\/","title":{"rendered":"IRS spent $10M on weapons, ammo, and gear in 3 years."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fin-the-last-3-years-alone-irs-has-dropped-10-million-on-weapons-ammo-and-tactical-gear%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1923055&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>IRS Spends $10 Million on Weapons and Tactical Gear Since 2020<\/h2>\n<p>Hold on to your hats, folks! According to a recent report from watchdog group Open the Books, the United States <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/internal-revenue-service-irs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Internal Revenue Service<\/a> (IRS) has spent a whopping $10 million on weapons, ammunition, and other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-wave-of-portland-police-quit-amid-massive-spike-in-shootings-and-stabbings-fire-dept-responding-to-10-homeless-tent-fires-a-day\/\" title=\"Another Wave Of Portland Police Quit Amid Massive Spike In Shootings And Stabbings; Fire Dept. Responding To 10+ Homeless Tent Fires A Day\">tactical gear<\/a> since 2020. That&#8217;s right, you read that correctly!<\/p>\n<h3>What the Report Says<\/h3>\n<p>The report, which was released to the public last Thursday, contains data through the end of March and reveals that the federal tax agency spent more than $5 million on weapons and gear in 2021 alone. Since 2020, $2.3 million has gone to pay for ammunition, $474,000 has gone to Smith &#038; Wesson rifles, and $463,000 has gone to Beretta 1301 tactical shotguns. In addition, the IRS has spent over $1 million on defensive tactical gear, including $243,000 for body armor vests and $1.2 million for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uvalde-cops-were-in-school-with-rifles-ballistic-shields-within-minutes-waited-around-for-nearly-an-hour\/\" title=\"Uvalde Cops Were in School with Rifles, Ballistic Shields within Minutes, Waited Around for Nearly an Hour\">ballistic shields<\/a>. The agency has also stockpiled helmets, tactical lighting, holsters, and more.<\/p>\n<h3>Why the IRS Needs Weapons and Tactical Gear<\/h3>\n<p>According to officials, IRS special agents carry firearms because they are expected to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-the-last-3-years-alone-irs-has-dropped-10-million-on-weapons-ammo-and-tactical-gear\/\" title=\"IRS spent M on weapons, ammo, and gear in 3 years.\">manage cases involving organized crime<\/a> and drug trafficking. The agency owned more than 4000 firearms prior to its most recent spending, ranging from pump action shotguns to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-makes-false-gun-claims-signals-biden-may-use-executive-action-to-crackdown-on-second-amendment\/\" title=\"Harris Makes False Gun Claims, Signals Biden May Use Executive Action To Crackdown On Second Amendment\">semi-automatic rifles<\/a> to sub-machine guns.<\/p>\n<h3>The Inflation Reduction Act<\/h3>\n<p>The report from Open the Books comes in the wake of President Joe Biden\u2019s multi-billion dollar Inflation Reduction Act, which would divert billions to the IRS to hire more agents. The IRS asks that applicants <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/04\/28\/irs-puts-out-fresh-job-ad-for-hundreds-of-armed-agents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">be willing<\/a> to \u201ccarry a firearm; must be prepared to protect him\/herself or others from physical attacks at any time and without warning and use firearms in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reports-police-tend-to-shoot-people-for-same-reasons-regardless-of-race\/\" title=\"Reports: Police tend to shoot people for same reasons, regardless of race\">life-threatening situations<\/a>; must be willing to use force up to and including the use of deadly force.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Previous Spending<\/h3>\n<p>Prior to 2020, according to Open the Books, the IRS had already stocked up on weapons and tactical gear and millions of rounds of ammunition, spending over $30 million (adjusted for inflation) since 2006 on such items.<\/p>\n<h3>Get the Daily Wire App<\/h3>\n<p><b><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-7429\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Stay informed with the latest news and updates on this and other important stories by downloading the Daily Wire app today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a new report from a watchdog group, the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has spent at least $10 million on weapons, ammunition, and other tactical gear since 2020. The report was compiled by watchdog organization Open the Books \u2014 which tracks government spending \u2014 and contains data through the end of March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":1923056,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[15056,8408,8768,8362,4341,7788,4346],"class_list":["post-1923055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-10m","tag-ammo","tag-gear","tag-irs","tag-spent","tag-weapons","tag-years"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1923055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1923055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1923055\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1923056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1923055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1923055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1923055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}