Why Does the IRS Need Guns Act

This bill would stop the IRS from buying, keeping, or issuing guns and ammunition. Within 120 days after it becomes law, the IRS must hand over all its guns and ammo to the General Services Administration. Then, within 30 days, GSA must sell the guns to licensed dealers and auction the ammo to the general public. Money from these sales goes to the U.S. Treasury to reduce the deficit .

It would also move criminal tax investigations from the IRS to the Department of Justice. The IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division would transfer to DOJ and operate as its own unit inside DOJ’s Criminal Division, starting 90 days after the bill becomes law.

• Who is affected: IRS employees; Department of Justice; licensed gun dealers; people who may buy ammo at auction; federal taxpayers via deficit reduction.
• What changes: IRS cannot use funds to buy or store guns or ammo; all IRS guns and ammo are transferred and then sold; DOJ takes over criminal tax cases .
• When: DOJ takeover starts 90 days after enactment; gun/ammo ban and transfer start 120 days after enactment; sales begin within 30 days after the transfer .