Posted on 02/03/2010 6:41:12 AM PST by Leisler
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) intends to purchase sixty Remington Model 870 Police RAMAC #24587 12 gauge pump-action shotguns for the Criminal Investigation Division. The Remington parkerized shotguns, with fourteen inch barrel, modified choke, Wilson Combat Ghost Ring rear sight and XS4 Contour Bead front sight, Knoxx Reduced Recoil Adjustable Stock, and Speedfeed ribbed black forend, are designated as the only shotguns authorized for IRS duty based on compatibility with IRS existing shotgun inventory, certified armorer and combat training and protocol, maintenance, and parts.
(Excerpt) Read more at fbo.gov ...
“...14’ Combat Shotguns...”
Not interested - won’t fit inside my truck.
I wonder if these will be used mainly for breaching doors.
“We’re from the government and we’re here to help!”
If 14 inch shotgun barrells are government approved for their agents then we all should be able to have one if we want.
Not breaking any new ground here. Elliot Ness was a Treasury Agent you know. Notwithstanding the impression left by Robert Stack, their weapon of choice was shotguns.
all laws necessary and proper
Anybody got a picture of Tubbs with that shorty pump he
carried on Miami Vice?
This is just getting closer and closer to an all out shooting war every day.
Hmph! 14’? Ok, I know what y’all meant. It’s just boys and their toys. Not exactly sure what a 14” barrel would do for them. Maybe more convenient for entry, but more likely to get someone killed due to lack of barrel control. The majority of the Feds that are weapons qualified (even Secret Service) are not as proficient as might be expected.
It rather begs the question of why every Federal agency out there seems to need a police/military force. I never really thought about this until I noticed (20 years ago), that there were folks from the Department of Agriculture and Department of Education (!?!?!?) carrying concealed weapons on my aircraft. Over the years it became more common. I had to ask why the Department of Agriculture needs folks carrying concealed weapons on an aircraft, and was told it had something to do with Food Stamps (true). I was never able to get an answer as to why the Department of Education needed to be armed, but apparently I was not on a “need to know” basis.
Not surprised that any federal agency is into guns. It’s cool, and mostly guys run agencies. So besides the fact that they’re Feds, and they can, you don’t want to be the only agency that doesn’t have weapons. You’d be a bureaucratic wuss. I suspect they all have heat by now.
This is just getting closer and closer to an all out shooting war every day.
14 feet, huh.
Nice swap to the goose barrel; knock ‘em outta the sky at 100 yeards!
Combat shotguns are used for crowd control and close quarters combat, say, if a bunch of folks got together for a tax revolt or some such.
It's the Serbu Super Shorty.
They already have shotguns. They are buying additional ones. Happens all the time.
Boycott any company that enters into such a contract with the devil.
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