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2023-08-19 09:43:24 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 9F63841A49798AA4FBDEB3FC64C8EF4B0780BDFE21A299BE48E6303347F3BCFF
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The IRS purchases guns and ammunition for special agents in its criminal investigation division, a law enforcement branch established in 1919. The typical IRS auditors that Americans would encounter in a routine audit are unarmed. From 2010 https://www.al.com/businessnews/2010/10/some_irs_agents_carry_guns_too.html https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-irs-armed-idUSL1N2ZT296 https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/12/matt-gaetz/no-biden-not-arming-irs-guns-and-ammunition/
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