Relations between local law enforcement and the Feds in the rural West have never been cheerful. And then the Feds assigned individuals into the field who have brought the thing nearly to a shooting war.
It’s time for these power abusers to be re-assigned where their social skills are a better fit. Like, Afghanistan, or the Sudan.
It’s really remarkable that a few of these weenies didn’t end up doing the big sleep out in the sagebrush.
Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz is sick and tired of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) agents and Forest Service armed to the teeth. It’s dangerous, unnecessary and sends the wrong message.
“These agents are more Rambo .. So he wants to take away their guns and authority.
Chaffetz said he also wants to issue subpoenas to the “out of control” federal agencies to learn why they want to purchase submachine guns. He said he has had repeated meetings and sent letters to the BLM’s national director, Neil Kornze, with no satisfactory response to his questions.
“I want to know what kind of arsenal they have. I’m met with blank stares,” he said. “They’re wholly unresponsive. They don’t feel compelled to answer our letters.”