Re: Pistol Packin' Feds

["Brian Loe" <knobdy () gmail com>]

On Dec 5, 2007 1:12 PM, Dude VanWinkle <dudevanwinkle () gmail com> wrote:
> > Seems odd, but I'm not sure I understand the point. Who cares? Might
> > they be security guards at various office buildings? Would make
> > sense...
>
>
> It would make sense to me if the Dept of Homeland Security had more
> guns than the National Marine Fisheries Service :-)
>
> National Marine Fisheries Service 141
> Department of Homeland Security (IG) 132

Not to me. I'm not sure why the DHS would need ANY guns beyond their
security guards, in fact. They don't enforce any laws - they simply
play mother to the other cop agencies.

The fisheries service, on the other hand, actually has protective
duties - not unlike the forestry service.

Another misunderstanding: IRS guns. The government, these days, is
mostly there to take your money, OF COURSE they have lots of guns.
And, lets not forget, the ATF is under the Department of Revenue - as
well it should be, being a TAXing organization! DEA? I don't know
where they are, exactly, but they too SHOULD be under the DoR - that's
their role as well.
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