Remember, this is why the left wants to “defund” your local, independent police force.
They never, ever speak about “de-funding” Federal police, do they?
Long ago there was a powerful congressman, Wilbur Mills later famous for the tidal basin bombshell bimbo incident. Mills was the chairman of the Way and Means Committee. Whenever arming of IRS agents came up, Mills killed the issue with the statement the country does not need a band of armed IRS auditors roaming the countryside.
Ironic how things do a 180. For many years, the FBLie had failed to recognize there was a national crime syndicate. The Treasury on the other hand was up to the task and assigned IRS agents to run them down. Regardless of Mills, they did manage to arm their responsible personnel.