[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

PING!

[jonascord]

"•$1.4 million for “guns up to 300mm.
•$380,000 for “ammunition.”
•$210,000 for “camouflage and other deceptive equipment.”
•$208,000 for “radar and night-vision equipment.”
•$31,000 for “armament training devices.”

At Federal prices, that's chump change. About a company's worth of tactical hardware. It's nice to know they are undermanned.

[mabarker1]

Cuz they want to show the “warm and fuzzy” side of themselves

[mkjessup]

1.) Thank Nixon for creating this bureaucratic refuge for fascists and other left wing goons.

2.) Defund and dismantle the EPA.

[jospehm20]

They have 300mm guns? I guess they will be doing some long range raiding?

[SkyDancer]

Because they can?

[Rebelbase]

Those weapons will come in handy when they storm neighborhoods block by block to stop the illegal burning of firewood in fireplaces and wood stoves.

[MarchonDC09122009]

Federal agencies have armed up and are ready to confront and take down US subjects when the time comes.

[JennysCool]

Every agency created in the late ‘60s and ‘70s to placate the hippies MUST be eliminated.

[realcleanguy]

Fascism permeates every level of this government. Why are they arming the EPA? This would only make sense if the Federal Government were going full on fascism

[bobby.223]

300mm!? LOL!!! Damn, them Fed folks be serious about their firepower!

[smokingfrog]

They need 300mm guns like I need a Lamborghini Veneno.

[Fhios]

Each agency has certain emergency preparedness programs for various programs. I doubt the EPA needs the guns to enforce EPA regulations, more like for a SHTF plan where they get vacuumed up into a big ball of armed Feds.

But as such, they’ll still shoot you if they think they can get away with it.

[DNME]

Disarm all non-military gummint agencies, then cut their funding by at least the amount they spent on weaponry and ammo, if not down to zero.

The Founders feared standing armies, and for good resaon. Now we have Library of Congress and Department of Education SWAT teams? Say what?

What possible reason could the Social Security Administration have for being armed? I dare say there are no good reasons, only bad ones.

[Seaplaner]

$1.4 million for “guns up to 300mm.

LOL, 300 mm = (if I figure this right) one foot in dia.

That would be, hmmm, 1200 caliber!

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That said, an armed EPA is, indeed, scary.

If (if) this is true, might a Congressional investigation be warranted?

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[Elsiejay]

Obama’s front man (agent) for restricting the availability in the retail market of rifles of certain calibers and ammunition to make them functional. The amount of our money he expended in pursuit of that objective is astounding.

[sport]

To shoot the sheep’s ass for one thing.

[Robert357]

The government logic is clear. The Environment needs to be protected from people with bullets, except when it is the EPA that does the pollution, like in the mining river “accident.” Then again, maybe someone should hand a firearm with a single bullet to some of those in the EPA chain of command and ask them to do the honorable thing.

[lentulusgracchus]

[Art.] Open the Books found that the agency has spent millions of dollars over the last decade on guns, ammo, body armor, camouflage equipment, unmanned aircraft, amphibious assault ships, radar and night-vision gear, and other military-style weaponry and surveillance activities.

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Think that's bad? Wait'll they order $3 billion worth of body bags.

[Soul of the South]

Why is the EPA buying guns?

Perhaps because the GOP Congress is appropriating funds for this purpose. Ask Mr. McConnell, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Ryan, and your Republican Senators and Representatives why they continue to fund the insanity.