Implied Authority.....

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The Police State we've all feared but never thought would happen in America is already here

[size=13]Richard Anthony June 2, 2014

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Everyone these days is talking about the United States of America "becoming a police state," but it's already happened. In this new era of supposed "tolerance and understanding," an individual can now be either fined, jailed or publicly ostracized for pursuing their right to free speech, or even their private thoughts, or personal beliefs. If you make a stupid movie that "offends" someone in a country 5000 miles away (or a certain religion, not Christianity though), you can be thrown in jail and never heard from again. If you have a telephone conversation where you express your private beliefs about race, you can be publicly vilified, fined (not by a civil authority), banned from attending a basketball game and even FORCED to sell your private property. All this can be and has already been done without even involving the local civil authorities. Just rat somebody out that you don't like and sit back and watch the fireworks.
We have all been watching as several federal agencies have recently solicited for millions of rounds of ammunition and automatic weapons. Just a few short weeks ago, on the Bundy ranch we saw the Bureau of Land Management assault Mr. Bundy and his property (his cattle) with several assault weapons, sniper rifles, body armor and other military style gear. We have also learned that other federal agencies, like the USDA have recently made applications for sub-machine guns. The IRS has also petitioned for automatic weapons and ammunition. Now in the past, we have seen only a small number of federal agencies allowed to possess and carry firearms.
Those were:

The United States Armed Services (Army, Navy etc...)
The FBI
The Department of the Treasury, which the Secret Service fell under the authority of until 2003 when it was moved under the authority of Homeland Security
A very "Limited" number of IRS agents (under the authority of the Department of the Treasury (mainly during Prohibition to go after gangsters like .amazon.com/s/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&field-keywords=al capone&linkcode=ur2&tag=freedomoutpos-20&url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&linkId=W4DXJD4K7QF3CTIL]Al Capone[/url])
The U.S. Marshalls

Other agencies have been created and they are also allowed to carry and possess firearms.
They are:

Park Rangers
The Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms
The Drug Enforcement Agency
The Border Patrol
Immigration and Nationalization Service
The Department of Homeland Security

Now within the last six years (under President Barack Hussein Obama Jr.) agencies that have been recently armed are:

IRS
BLM
USDA
EPA

Here is the statute from the IRS Service manual regarding firearms:

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There is no specific statutory authority for special agents to carry firearms. The General Counsel, Department of the Treasury, has concluded that no specific authority is necessary because "where a Federal officer has authority to make an arrest, he/she has implied authority to carry firearms.". Authority for special agents to make arrests is contained in 26 USC §7608(b).
The authority to carry firearms is limited to the conduct of official duties in enforcing any of the criminal provisions of the Internal Revenue laws or other criminal provisions of laws relating to the Internal Revenue where the enforcement is the responsibility of the Secretary or his/her delegate.
Authority to carry or use privately owned weapons during off-duty hours, as a private citizen, is subject to local civil and criminal restrictions. Special agents may not use their position or credentials to qualify under state or local laws to purchase, license, carry, or use private weapons. Credentials may be displayed as occupational identification, upon request, but not to influence any decision a state or local law enforcement officer may make concerning the special agent's ability to carry a concealed weapon.

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You'll notice that this regulation only says,"implied" authority, but not statutory or written authority authorized by the Constitution or Congress...big difference there folks!

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In other words, if an IRS agent goes out to make an arrest they should be accompanied by U.S. Marshall's and those bean counting IRS agents should NOT be packing pistols, body armor or assault rifles.
But what about the BLM, the EPA and the USDA? Why do they need sub-machine guns and hollow-point ammunition for? Well, we saw recently in Nevada that BLM "agents" used assault weapons to kill cows. Living on a farm in my youth, I learned that a .22 cal round right in the middle of the forehead can drop a cow. So using other heavier weapons to kill Mr. Bundy's cows, or running them to death using helicopters was, shall we say....excessive? And why did the BLM agents need body armor? Or Armored vehicles? I wasn't there but, those cows must have put up one helluva fight to necessitate all of that firepower!
And all the while, public servants like Senator Dianne Feinstein want to completely take away our God given 2nd Amendment right to bear arms.
I am not given to conspiracy theories, but there seems to have been more mass shootings that have happened just since Obama became president, than even during the last two presidents. And all the while during the last six years we have seen federal agencies that should not have weapons of any kind, now have become armed with everything from assault rifles to heavily armored vehicles. It would make complete sense if one was attempting to create a police state, first disarm the civilian population through crushing legislation and regulations and during that same time, proceed to arm as many different government agencies that were not previously armed before, using "false flag" operations to create public outrage against privately owned weapons and the immediate need to control them, or even outlaw private weapon ownership completely with an executive order.
What lies in store for us in the near future, if the EPA catches you polluting dear mother earth, or contributing to global warming, will they whip-out their sub-machine guns and blow you away for that? Why on earth would the USDA or the EPA need to be armed at all? What's really funny, is the fact that so-called "liberals" are leading the charge to curtail as much of our personal freedoms as possible by "Big- government" intervention.
I'd say that the "police state" we've all feared, but never thought would happen in America, is already here!

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