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FCC watchdog tells Congress to arm some of its investigators
Washington Examiner ^ | 1/19/15 | Sarah Westwood

Posted on 01/19/2015 5:52:12 PM PST by Nachum

Federal Communications Commission watchdogs may one day carry guns thanks to a request to Congress by the agency’s inspector general that his office be allowed to hire armed criminal investigators. David Hunt, the FCC IG, argued before the House Energy and Commerce Committee that the oversight of communications programs requires his team to investigate violations in potentially dangerous settings, thereby justifying the need to arm selected investigators. Justice Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation officials aid the FCC watchdog in criminal cases at present, but Hunt pointed to difficulties in securing support from the FBI in cases worth less than $1 million. Hunt

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To: Nachum

Ummmm, no.


21 posted on 01/19/2015 7:19:38 PM PST by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: Nachum

It’s to protect the mezzuins


22 posted on 01/19/2015 7:28:54 PM PST by MrBambaLaMamba (Obama - "I will stand with the Muslims")
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To: Nachum

23 posted on 01/19/2015 7:30:56 PM PST by gaijin
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To: Darksheare

Most amateur radio operators haven’t given a thought to the possibility that their hobby and all of their precious gear may be outlawed by this regime or one similar to it.

It’s not as if there’s no precedent.

Got comms? I do. KG7PCC clear.


24 posted on 01/19/2015 7:45:32 PM PST by Noumenon (Resistance. Restoration. Retribution.)
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To: Nachum

radio and tv must be more edgy then when i was growing up


25 posted on 01/19/2015 8:16:45 PM PST by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: WMarshal
If the Republican congress signs off on this bureaucratic power-grab then we, as patriots, will know that the republic created by Founders is lost and that the Tree of Liberty will have to be watered with blood.

Sadly sir, you are correct.

26 posted on 01/19/2015 8:42:39 PM PST by cpdiii (DECKHAND, ROUGHNECK, GEOLOGIST, PILOT, PHARMACIST, LIBERTARIAN The Constitution is worth dying for.)
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To: publius911
David Hunt, the FCC IG, argued before the House Energy and Commerce Committee that the oversight of communications programs requires his team to investigate violations in potentially dangerous settings, thereby justifying the need to arm selected investigators.

In that rare instance that I have never heard of, there is a procedure that could be used. Call up the local cop shop and ask them for an officer to accompany you.

27 posted on 01/19/2015 8:45:41 PM PST by cpdiii (DECKHAND, ROUGHNECK, GEOLOGIST, PILOT, PHARMACIST, LIBERTARIAN The Constitution is worth dying for.)
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To: Darksheare

>>For what?

>> HAM radio operators? <<

Very rarely for licensed hams. But drug dealers sometimes use ham frequencies “on the sly.”

>> CB operators? <<

Occasionally, as when deliberate jamming or law violations (prostitution, drug trafficking, etc.) are involved.

>> Someone with a noisy transmitter of one flavor or other? <<

Yes, for example, operators of pirate FM stations in dangerous ghetto neighborhoods.


28 posted on 01/20/2015 12:53:31 AM PST by Hawthorn
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To: Nachum

I wonder how many government agencies have their people walking around with firearms, and I wonder how many of those people use their own (not taxpayer funded) firearms, and went through the background check...

Okay. Who’s laughing out there?!


29 posted on 01/20/2015 1:04:33 AM PST by RandallFlagg (Vote fraud solution: Stake, Rope, Sugar and Bullet Ants.)
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To: Birdsbane
What next, Children & Family case workers packing heat?

Why not? With all the strong-arm tactics they use to separate children for decent parents, it's only a matter of time before some who are tyrannized decide to make a statement.

30 posted on 01/20/2015 3:45:31 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: ThunderSleeps
Yeah, because computer nerds and tech weenies have such a long history of physical violence... {snort}

The nerds and weenies can unleash hell without weapons. But if you corner one of them...good luck.

31 posted on 01/20/2015 7:32:45 AM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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