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According to an April report released by watchdog group OpenTheBooks.com, the Internal Revenue Service has spent $10 million since 2020 on guns, ammunition, and other tactical gear in an effort to militarize the agency. The report revealed that the IRS and 102 other agencies outside the Department of Defense invested a combined total of $3.7 billion since 2006 – adjusted for inflation – on weapons, ammunition, and military-style equipment. OpenTheBooks.com stated that 76 of the 102 are rank-and-file regulatory agencies, such as the Environmental Protection Agency, Social Security Administration, Veterans Affairs, and Health and Human Services. “There are now more...

Laura Ingraham interviewed gun rights advocate John Lott. He recounted a conversation with then-Senator Obama who told Lott: “I don’t believe people should be able to own guns.”

<p>Fort Myers Police Chief Hilton Daniels is tired of the killings and plans to take guns off city streets as the first step in stopping them.</p> <p>He pledged Tuesday to make prevention of gun violence the agency's top priority.</p> <p>“The Fort Myers Police Department is very concerned about the number of homicides that have occurred in the city this year,” Daniels said. “Police have a very difficult time preventing homicides because these crimes happen in the heat of the moment. What we can do — and what the focus of our initiative is — is to make sure no one is carrying a weapon illegally.</p>