If there’s one thing that makes my blood boil, it’s when Federal employees, who are supposedly working for us, are privileged to have firearms and accessories that they don’t want you or I to have.
For example, the people in the Federal government who wanted to arm IRS agents (why would IRS agents ever need to be armed?) are the exact same people who want to restrict our gun rights.
Unbelievable.
A perfect example of this type of situation recently came to light in regards to the ATF (hat tip to here for the lead). Lee Williams writes,
The ATF admitted it issues $1,300 rifle suppressors for the “health and safety” of its law enforcement agents, “due to the extensive training and quarterly firearms qualifications they must complete,” according to our story published Wednesday.
But those three words chosen by the ATF – health and safety – set off a bomb among readers, and rightly so, because of how those of us who aren’t ATF agents are treated if we want to protect our own health and safety.
So, ATF agents are getting free silencers, and how are law abiding Americans treated? Williams continues:
We can all agree that suppressors offer a tremendous boon to health and safety, but shouldn’t civilians receive the same benefits as our lowliest federal agents? We should be able to purchase them anywhere, anytime we want, without any federal forms, waiting periods or especially $200 fees.
It’s a perfect example of “It’s okay for me but not for thee.”
Hypocrisy is disgusting enough when it comes to our everyday interactions with other people.
When the hypocrisy comes from the government using our tax dollars for it, that goes to a whole different level of resentment.
After all, how do you feel when you find out that someone is restricting your freedoms (or even denying you access to safety equipment) but then hypocritically uses that exact same equipment for themselves.
Silencer/suppressor regulation should have never happened, but now that it’s in place, it should be completely dismantled just like every other restriction on guns, ammunition, and firearms accessories.
