<p>According to a new report from a watchdog group, 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 at least $10 million on weapons, ammunition, and other tactical gear since 2020.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.openthebooks.com/the-militarization-of-federal-bureaucracy---updated-statistics-through-march-31-2023/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> was compiled by watchdog organization Open the Books — which tracks government spending — and contains data through the end of March. &#8220;The Militarization of Federal Bureaucracy &#8211; Updated Statistics Through March 31, 2023&#8221; was released to the public last Thursday.</p>
<p>According to the report, the federal tax agency spent more than $5 million just in 2021 — and since 2020, $2.3 million has gone to pay for ammunition; $474,000 has gone to Smith &amp; Wesson rifles; and $463,000 has gone to Beretta 1301 tactical shotguns.</p>
<p>In addition, the IRS has dumped more than $1 million dollars into defensive tactical gear — $243,000 for body armor vests and $1.2 million for ballistic shields.</p>
<p>Another $1.3 million was earmarked for “various other gear for criminal investigation agents” — and the IRS has also stockpiled helmets, tactical lighting, holsters, and more.</p>
<p>The report from Open the Books comes in the wake of President Joe Biden’s multi-billion dollar Inflation Reduction Act — which would divert billions to the IRS to hire more agents.</p>
<p>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 “carry a firearm; must be prepared to protect him/herself or others from physical attacks at any time and without warning and use firearms in life-threatening situations; must be willing to use force up to and including the use of deadly force.”</p>
<p>According to officials, IRS special agents carry firearms because they are expected to manage cases involving organized crime and drug trafficking.</p>
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<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>
<p>Prior to its most recent spending, the agency owned more than 4000 firearms — ranging from pump action shotguns to semi-automatic rifles to sub-machine guns.</p>

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