Re: Pistol Packin' Feds

["Don Blumenthal" <dmblumenthal () gmail com>]

On Dec 5, 2007 2:36 PM, Brian Loe <knobdy () gmail com> wrote:
> On Dec 5, 2007 1:12 PM, Dude VanWinkle <dudevanwinkle () gmail com> wrote:
> > > Seems odd, but I'm not sure I understand the point. Who cares? Might
> > > they be security guards at various office buildings? Would make
> > > sense...
> >
> >
> > It would make sense to me if the Dept of Homeland Security had more
> > guns than the National Marine Fisheries Service :-)
> >
> > National Marine Fisheries Service 141
> > Department of Homeland Security (IG) 132
>
> Not to me. I'm not sure why the DHS would need ANY guns beyond their
> security guards, in fact. They don't enforce any laws - they simply
> play mother to the other cop agencies.

I guess that depends on how you define "they" and "other cop agencies"
The Secret Service, Immigration and Customs Enforcement,  Customs and
Border Protection, TSA, and Coast Guard all are part of DHS. Weapons
galore.

Don

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