Why Does 'The Swamp' Need Guns?
Nov 21, 2017 6:01:48 GMT -5
Post by avordvet on Nov 21, 2017 6:01:48 GMT -5
Free Market Central Interview: Why Does 'The Swamp' Need Guns?
Free Market Central, 11/17/2017
Politicians rush to condemn gun ownership by private citizens. But what about federal bureaucrats? In Part II of his Free Market Central Interview, Open The Books CEO Adam Andrzejewski discusses how his watchdog organization has uncovered a virtual arms race taking place among non-military agencies within the federal government. From the IRS to even the Small Business Administration, agencies are arming themselves at an alarming rate. They're buying deadly, military-style equipment, from glock pistols to lethal hollow-point bullets outlawed by the Geneva Convention. Should citizens be concerned? Andrzejewski certainly is.
Open The Books, your non-profit watch-dog organization, has achieved spectacular success tracking government spending. Your report, “The Militarization of America” uncovered a chilling trend — the increasing purchases of military-style weaponry by non-military agencies.
Everyone knew that the federal agencies were arming up. However, we were the first to analyze the sheer growth. The federal government has grown significantly in size, scope and power. Our report quantified the agencies outside of the Department of Defense and their $1.5 billion procurement of guns, ammunition and military-style equipment.
You discovered something that many Americans will find hard to fathom: the number of armed federal employees is greater than the number of U.S. Marines.
That’s right. As a part of our report, we detailed more than 200,000 federal employees with arrest and firearm authority. This number exceeded the number of U.S. Marines at 182,000. This story broke on the editorial page of The Wall Street Journal in a co-authored piece with our Honorary Chairman Dr. Tom Coburn - the retired U.S. Senator from Oklahoma. The piece was titled, 'Why Does the IRS Need Guns?'.
www.freemarketcentral.com/post/10720/free-market-central-interview-why-does-the-swamp-need-guns
Free Market Central, 11/17/2017
Politicians rush to condemn gun ownership by private citizens. But what about federal bureaucrats? In Part II of his Free Market Central Interview, Open The Books CEO Adam Andrzejewski discusses how his watchdog organization has uncovered a virtual arms race taking place among non-military agencies within the federal government. From the IRS to even the Small Business Administration, agencies are arming themselves at an alarming rate. They're buying deadly, military-style equipment, from glock pistols to lethal hollow-point bullets outlawed by the Geneva Convention. Should citizens be concerned? Andrzejewski certainly is.
Open The Books, your non-profit watch-dog organization, has achieved spectacular success tracking government spending. Your report, “The Militarization of America” uncovered a chilling trend — the increasing purchases of military-style weaponry by non-military agencies.
Everyone knew that the federal agencies were arming up. However, we were the first to analyze the sheer growth. The federal government has grown significantly in size, scope and power. Our report quantified the agencies outside of the Department of Defense and their $1.5 billion procurement of guns, ammunition and military-style equipment.
You discovered something that many Americans will find hard to fathom: the number of armed federal employees is greater than the number of U.S. Marines.
That’s right. As a part of our report, we detailed more than 200,000 federal employees with arrest and firearm authority. This number exceeded the number of U.S. Marines at 182,000. This story broke on the editorial page of The Wall Street Journal in a co-authored piece with our Honorary Chairman Dr. Tom Coburn - the retired U.S. Senator from Oklahoma. The piece was titled, 'Why Does the IRS Need Guns?'.
www.freemarketcentral.com/post/10720/free-market-central-interview-why-does-the-swamp-need-guns