Armed IRS Agents Rounding Up Gun Purchase Records

[jasper2408]

Hunter had that plea deal arranged for him to avoid the focus on the bribery, treason, and money-laundering crimes he has been engaged in since 2014.

Not to worry! The Republicans in the House of Reps sent them a strongly-worded letter.

Probably asking where their money was.

[Lemonaid]

Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government.

He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.
For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us (87,000 new armed IRS agents?)
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent: (I have never consented to be taxed, how about you?)
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury.

I would like to know what red lines have to be crossed before it would be our duty to throw off such Government. The train of abuses and usurpations is pretty long all ready.

[grayfox]

Kind of scary, how applicable those words of what, nigh 250 years ago, accurately reflect the sitrep on the ground today. The pronouncement of then is also the prophecy of today.

[LRRPF52]

Revenue Bureau the Internal Revenue Service

[Lemonaid]

LRRPF52, your history acumen is most impressive.

[lazyengineer]

Worked with a guy a couple decades ago who's brother was an IRS agent - the armed investigatory type. Easiest fastest way to track people making large income and not reporting it on their taxes:

-Car dealerships where a nice car was purchased with cash.
-Gun stores where someone is making multiple purchases of a lot of different nice guns.

The investigation activity had nothing to do with harassing people on the gun-topic, and everything to do with busting drug-dealers and the like who were making lots of money and had a recent otherwise windfall and not reporting it as income (or that's what I was told). Point being, if you do either of those, expect the IRS to be paying attention.

[grayfox]

Interesting. So, not exactly Joe blue collar buying 2 or 3 pony express lowers at 49 a pop...
No idea however, what those agents in WY were coming for...
And not as though anyone has any trust level for gubmntagency-armies...
Interesting nevertheless.