We have U.S. Marshals, FBI, County Sheriff, City Police and State Patrol armed.  Why do we need Federal agencies armed?


A Utah congressman wants to strip federal agencies of their paramilitary power, which is increasingly being used to intimidate American citizens, he says, destroying whatever small level of trust the people still have in their government.

Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, introduced HR 4934, also called the Regulatory Agency De-militarization Act or RAD, in late June, and it has since gained more than 30 co-sponsors in the House.

"When we get back to Washington (from August break) we'll get right back to working on this RAD bill, because people know it's just so unnecessary for the federal government to have this kind of power," Stewart told WND. "You've really got to twist yourself into a pretzel to defend this type of power."


In recent years, nearly every federal regulatory agency – from the U.S. Department of Education, to the Food and Drug Administration and the Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – has deployed some kind of SWAT-type unit with high-powered assault rifles, helmets, menacing black uniforms with faces covered, body armor and militarized armored vehicles.

Stewart said it's disturbing for Americans to read stories of federal regulators armed to the teeth and breaking into homes and businesses with no reason to think there would be resistance.

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Quote from: walkstall on August 13, 2014, 05:34:25 PM
We have U.S. Marshals, FBI, County Sheriff, City Police and State Patrol armed.  Why do we need Federal agencies armed?

Come come now, we can't have unauthorized nanny goat farms hawking unpasturized milk or rogue flower arrangers growing Orchids without a license. Nor can we have Gibson guitar
using endeagered woods from India to make their guitar frets. Then there are all those cows expelling methane into the air thru flatulance, if we didn't have surveillance drones keeping an eye on those herds who knows what they'd get away with.

Ya can't have too many federal chicken inspectors, Next thing you know they'll be anarchy in the streets......