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Too Many Federal Agencies Have Created Their Own Private Armies
TRNS ^ | April 21, 2014 | By Ernest Istook

Posted on 04/21/2014 5:02:39 PM PDT by Jim Robinson

Does the Environmental Protection Agency really need armed agents? Outside of law enforcement, federal agencies now employ over 25,000 people as armed agents. They are more than guards. They’ve become like private armies that can push around private citizens.

Over 70 non-military federal agencies now have their own armed agents.

You expect armed agents with the FBI, the U.S. Marshal Service and the Border Patrol.

But the EPA? The Fish & Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, even the Social Security Administration and the National Institutes of Health? Even the Department of Education and the Department of Housing and Urban Development have their own armed agents.

As do the Food and Drug Administration. And Veterans Affairs. Even the Government Printing Office and the National Zoo. And of course the Library of Congress

Collectively, over 25,000 individuals now work as armed agents of federal agencies not usually associated with law enforcement.

These are not just guards. These agents go out on raids to enforce the orders of federal bureaucracies. No bureaucracy should have a private army to enforce its orders against the American people.


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1 posted on 04/21/2014 5:02:39 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
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To: Jim Robinson

This is of grave concern to me.


2 posted on 04/21/2014 5:03:21 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Jim Robinson

This is of grave concern to me.


3 posted on 04/21/2014 5:03:22 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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Not sure how that happened. Sorry.


4 posted on 04/21/2014 5:03:52 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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ditto


5 posted on 04/21/2014 5:04:40 PM PDT by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
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To: Jim Robinson

Federal, state and local agencies have become the fourth branch of government.


6 posted on 04/21/2014 5:05:15 PM PDT by umgud
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To: Jim Robinson

“Monkey see, monkey do” is a partial explanation. Or, maybe, pistol envy. But there’s also something else at work here.


7 posted on 04/21/2014 5:07:46 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Jim Robinson

I think much of the ammo purchases are black ops that are sending ammo in to be fired in the guns of fast and furious.


8 posted on 04/21/2014 5:08:17 PM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: Jim Robinson
buncha gear queers all dressed up and looking for someplace to go...
9 posted on 04/21/2014 5:10:33 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: trisham

It should be of grave concern to ALL citizens. These paramilitary armed agents exist solely to intimidate and frighten the peasants into submission.


10 posted on 04/21/2014 5:10:42 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Haven't you lost enough freedoms? Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: Jim Robinson

As the increase their armed forces, they seek to constrain our possession of arms. The intent is clear.


11 posted on 04/21/2014 5:12:30 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (When I first read it, " Atlas Shrugged" was fiction)
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To: Jim Robinson
How legal are the use of these "private armies" to enforce a federal rule/law/regulation? Steve Stockman didn't think the BLM had the authority. He claims they must use local law enforcement.

GOP lawmaker urges BLM to stop illegal ‘paramilitary raids’ against rancher
12 posted on 04/21/2014 5:12:40 PM PDT by Girlene (Hey, NSA!)
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"No bureaucracy should have a private army to enforce its orders against the American people."

Bears repeating.

13 posted on 04/21/2014 5:12:43 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: umgud

I disagree. They are a paramilitary extension of the executive branch. If I were president, the first thing I would do is order the disbanding of ALL of them and order them to turn in all firearms and military hardware to the nearest military base equipped to handle them.


14 posted on 04/21/2014 5:13:53 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Haven't you lost enough freedoms? Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: Jim Robinson

I fear for my country. I fear for my fellow citizens...low information or not. I fear there will be an uprising and it will be bad. But, I am not afraid for liberty and good to shine once more from our shores. This is America. And we are Americans. If we must go through hard times to find our way back to God, good...then so be it. The Tree of Liberty.


15 posted on 04/21/2014 5:14:04 PM PDT by Conservative4Ever (waiting for my Magic 8 ball to give me an answer)
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To: umgud

I wonder if the enabling laws setting up these federal agencies give them the power to arm themselves this way, or to carry out armed activities against citizens. This is becoming the civilian police force that Obama said he wanted when he ran his first presidential campaign. He’s doing it without legislation from Congress.


16 posted on 04/21/2014 5:16:09 PM PDT by Avid Coug
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To: Blood of Tyrants

At the very least.


17 posted on 04/21/2014 5:16:12 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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18 posted on 04/21/2014 5:17:29 PM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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Clearly, they’ve got a lot more money than they need in their budgets. This would be a great area to start reducing the federal deficit.


19 posted on 04/21/2014 5:17:48 PM PDT by boycott
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To: Avid Coug

I would like to see a bill proposed by GOP leadership in the House, requiring the disarming of all non-military federal agencies, except the CIA, FBI, and Federal Marshalls.


20 posted on 04/21/2014 5:19:46 PM PDT by Avid Coug
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