A group of Republican lawmakers want to eliminate armed law enforcement from a handful of agencies, saying the employees are unnecessary and infringe on the lives of U.S. citizens.
The 2023 No Funds for Armed Regulators Act (H.R. 4416) would specifically prohibit funding and hiring for regulatory enforcement officers at the Internal Revenue Service, Environmental Protection Agency and Labor Department. While the firearm-carrying employees at those agencies make up just a tiny fraction of their workforces, a group of eight House Republicans said they should not exist at all. The bill would eliminate the officer positions and ban the use of force or weapons.
“Deep state bureaucrats continue to push their executive authority into every corner of America, treading heavily upon your rights and devouring your wealth,” said Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., who introduced the bill. “This bill is a key step in pushing back against the oppressive tactics being used to enforce regulatory policies.”
Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., one of the cosponsors on the measure, introduced his own bill last week to ban the IRS from buying or maintaining any guns and would transfer the IRS Criminal Investigations division to the Justice Department. He put the legislation—the Why Does the IRS Have Guns Act (H.R. 4436)—forward after armed IRS and Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Bureau agents conducted a search at a gun shop in his home state.
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