Who thought arming IRS tax collectors was a good idea?
An accidental shooting during a training exercise at a federal gun range in Phoenix has resulted in the death of a special agent from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the agency has announced.
The victim has since been identified as Patrick Bauer, a 47-year-old Arizona resident, according to local media. No details have been provided about the individual responsible for his death.
The incident took place on Thursday afternoon at a Phoenix gun range operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, where various federal agencies were participating in training activities there under an interagency agreement at the time.
No other individuals were injured during the incident.
Charlotte M. Dennis, who represents the IRS Criminal Investigation (CI) division’s Phoenix Field Office, said in a statement that Bauer was immediately transported to Honor Health Deer Valley Medical Center, where he ultimately succumbed to his injuries.
……The activities of the IRS have come under increased scrutiny in recent months after the service announced plans to hire armed agents in all 50 states with the power to arrest those suspected of tax evasion.
Last year, the organization also received an $80 billion cash injection as part of Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, including a plan to hire 87,000 additional IRS employees over the next decade.
Making matters worse for Biden, gun violence and gun control are two oft-cited issues of his public agenda.
Bauer, who was a retired Master Sergeant in the Arizona Air National Guard, is survived by his wife and four children.
This is the same government that wants to ban “assault weapons”, even if it can’t define what they are.
The IRS put out a training video on how to take down a landscaper.
The IRS engaged in the deliberate suppression, harassment, and intimidation of patriotic and conservative groups, and those who focus on the Constitution and criticize government spending, They also showed up outside Matt Taibbi’s door after he testified before Congress about the weaponization of government agencies. They proved his point.
In Ohio, an IRS agent using a fake name, barged into a woman’s home over ‘delinquent tax filings’ and told her he ‘can . . . go into anyone’s house at any time’ .
Lois Lerner used her position as IRS commissioner to target individuals because of their patriotic opposition to Obama.
The IRS is now a paramilitary wing with the permission to collect taxes at gun point….. when they’re not shooting each other.
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