The Internal Revenue Service posted a job that was later deleted Wednesday seeking a Criminal Investigator who would be willing to “carry a firearm” and “use deadly force.”
QUICK FACTS:
- Social media went haywire Wednesday after the IRS briefly posted a job inquiry looking for a special agent that would be “legally allowed to carry a firearm,” Fox Business reported.
- The applicant would have to “Carry a firearm and be willing to use deadly force, if necessary,” the online posting also read.
IRS POST SEEKING NEW FEDERAL AGENTS:
“Be willing and able to participate in arrests, execution of search warrants, and other dangerous assignments,” the posting said.
BACKGROUND:
- The uproar comes amid the Senate passing the Inflation Reduction Act this week, providing the IRS billions of dollars in funding for taxpayer services, the modernization of business systems, operations support, and “enforcement” over the next ten years.
- According to a Treasury Department report from May 2021, this investment would allow the organization to hire about 87,000 people by the year 2031.
- Additionally, it has been reported that the IRS has stockpiled 5 million rounds of ammunition and spent $725,000 on bullets this year alone.
