Disarming Federal Bureaucrats of Unconstitutional ARMS

Posted on July 11, 2022 by Greg Penglis

Introduction:

The United States federal government has actually reversed the Second Amendment. Rather than honoring their oath to support and defend the Constitution as written, they have decided that where the Second Amendment says, “the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed” which is a prohibition on government touching in any way the owning and carrying of firearms by citizens, the federal government has reversed it so that all the prohibitions and restrictions are all on citizens owning and carrying arms, and the federal government has given themselves the right to keep and bear all the guns and ammo they want, for all the agencies they want, and for all the people in those agencies that they want.

This reversal of the Second Amendment by government has to be reversed again to bring the federal government back into compliance with the Constitution. The way this works is to disarm the agencies and departments not authorized by the Constitution, and return those arms to the people.

Background:

The Department of Justice in a 2008 statistical study said that there are some 70 armed federal agencies employing some 120,000 full-time officers “authorized” to carry guns and make arrests. Some dozen of these agencies have no law enforcement function, yet they are full of armed agents including SWAT Teams.

Former Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn and OpenTheBooks founder and CEO Adam Andrzejewski said in June of 2016, “The number of non-Defense Department federal officers authorized to make arrests and carry firearms (200,000) now exceeds the number of US Marines (182,000).”

That constitutes a federal bureaucratic army accountable to the Executive, which potentially could, and in some cases has, been used against the American people. Waco, Texas, and the murder of the Branch Davidian community by President Clinton was the greatest mass murder of Americans by government, until the Covid policies from the CDC.

Evidence:

Evidence for the militarization of the Executive Branch is documented in this Study by “Open The Books,” Titled, “The Militarization of America:

https://www.openthebooks.com/the-militarization-of-America–open-the-books-oversight-report/

KEY FINDINGS (FY2006-FY2014) – THE MILITARIZATION OF AMERICA

* Sixty-seven non-military federal agencies spent $1.48 billion on guns, ammunition, and military-style equipment. Of that total amount, 

‘Traditional Law Enforcement’ Agencies spent 77 percent ($1.14 billion) while ‘Administrative’ or ‘General’ Agencies spent 23 percent ($335.1 million).

* Administrative agencies including the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Small Business Administration (SBA), Smithsonian Institution, Social Security Administration, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Mint, Department of Education, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, National Institute of Standards and Technology, and many other agencies purchased guns, ammo, and military-style equipment.

* Since 2004, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) purchased 1.7 billion bullets including 453 million hollow-point bullets. As of 1/1/2014, DHS estimated its bullet inventory-reserve at 22-months, or 160 million rounds.

* The Internal Revenue Service, with its 2,316 special agents, spent nearly $11 million on guns, ammunition and military-style equipment.

* The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) spent $3.1 million on guns, ammunition and military-style equipment. The EPA has spent $715 million on its ‘Criminal Enforcement Division’ from FY2005 to present even as the agency has come under fire for failing to perform its basic functions.

* The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) spent $11.66 million including more than $200,000 on ‘night vision equipment,’ $2.3 million on ‘armor — personal,’ more than $2 million on guns, and $3.6 million on ammunition. Veterans Affairs has 3,700 law enforcement officers guarding and securing VA medical centers.

* The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service spent $4.77 million purchasing shotguns, .308 caliber rifles, night vision goggles, propane cannons, liquid explosives, pyro supplies, buckshot, LP gas cannons, drones, remote controlled helicopters, thermal cameras, military waterproof thermal infrared scopes, and more.

* Federal agencies spent $313,958 on paintball equipment, along with $14.7 million on Tasers, $1.6 million on unmanned aircraft, $8.2 million on buckshot, $7.44 million on projectiles, and $4 million on grenades/launchers.

NONE OF THE ABOVE REPRESENTS A LAWFUL PURCHASE OR ACTION FROM A DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY IN THE CONSTITUTION…

PART II:

Three Federal Crimes Only in the Constitution:

The Constitution only declares three federal crimes for which the federal government has jurisdiction: Treason, Piracy and Counterfeiting. For more information see FindLaw, July 3, 2013, an article by Brett Snyder, Esq. The information below comes in part from that article.

https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/criminal-defense/which-3-crimes-are-in-the-us-constitution/

This Executive Department “bureaucracy army,” is unconstitutional, illegal, and in order to bring the federal government back into compliance with the Constitution, must be disarmed. In many cases agencies and departments will also have to be abolished to bring the federal government back into compliance with the Constitution.

Treason:

Article III Section 3 of the Constitution defines treason as:

Levying war against the United States,
Adhering to the nation’s enemies, or
Giving our nation’s enemies aid and comfort.

Treason is determined by Congress and the Courts. It is NOT a bureaucratic, law enforcement function. There is no delegated power in the Constitution to any executive agency or department to prosecute or arrest citizens for Treason. Therefore, no agency or department of the executive branch can be armed for purposes of prosecuting and punishing treason.

Article III, Section Three of the United States Constitution states as follows: “Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court. The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted.”

Piracy:

Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, the Article dedicated to Congress, gives Congress the power “To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offenses against the Law of Nations.”

Again, no executive agency or department is charged with the responsibility of Piracy. Therefore no agent or officer of the executive branch can be armed for such purpose.

Jurisdiction on the high seas goes to the Coast Guard and the Navy, which are outside the scope of this Act, and are by definition armed for the defense and protection of this nation.

Counterfeiting:

Congress is charged in Article I, Section 8, “To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current Coin of the United States.” The same FindLaw article mentioned above also says, “The Secret Service, along with protecting US heads of state, is also charged with protecting the integrity of the nation’s currency by investigating and arresting counterfeiters.” Therefore the Secret Service can be constitutionally armed for these purposes. The Secret Service however must be returned to the Treasury Department where it traditionally existed, and removed from the new Department of Homeland Security which has no provision in the Constitution to be armed, or to exist.

The Tenth Amendment:

Only the crimes of Treason, Piracy, and Counterfeiting fall under the jurisdiction of the federal government as delegated by the Constitution. The Tenth Amendment states: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”

This means the authority over any crime other than Treason, Piracy and Counterfeiting is an illegal and unconstitutional usurpation of authority and must be abolished. All such other crimes are the jurisdiction and within the police powers of the States, and their various subdivisions.

Since some 70 departments and agencies are currently illegally enforcing laws without Constitutional authority, those agencies and departments must be abolished, their agents and officers retired or transferred, and all the firearms and ammunition accumulated at such agencies and departments must be returned to the American taxpayers.

The next question to be answered is how to distribute back all the firearms, ammunition, holsters, optics, and other illegal property currently being held by agencies that have no lawful authority to exist? The answer lies in an already existing program known as the Civilian Marksmanship Program.

The Civilian Marksmanship Program:

From their own website comes this description: “The Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) is a national organization dedicated to training and educating U. S. citizens in responsible uses of firearms and airguns through gun safety training, marksmanship training and competitions. The CMP is a federally chartered 501(c)(3) corporation that places its highest priority on serving youth through gun safety and marksmanship activities that encourage personal growth and build life skills.”

Also from the Civilian Marksmanship Program: “By law, the CMP can sell surplus military firearms, ammunition, parts and other items only to members of CMP affiliated clubs who are also US citizens, over 18 years of age (over 21 years of age in some states) and who are legally eligible to purchase a firearm.”

It is the intent of this Act to distribute through the Civilian Marksmanship Program all of the government arms surrendered for compliance with the Constitution, and, using all the eligibility criteria of the Civilian Marksmanship Program, distribute all surrendered arms, ammunition, magazines, and related accessories and technology, just as the Civilian Marksmanship Program has for generations with surplus military firearms and equipment.

Eligibility criteria includes: proof of US citizenship, proof of age, proof of membership in a CMP affiliated organization, proof of participation in a marksmanship program or other firearms related activity, must be legally able to purchase firearms and must meet State criteria.

Non-citizens, permanent residents, welfare recipients over two years and government employees at all levels from local to federal, are ineligible for any surrendered arms under this Act. Eligible citizens are able to apply for two handguns and two rifles per year, plus 2,000 rounds of both rifle and handgun ammunition. No firearm distributed through the Civilian Marksmanship Program may be sold. Firearms may only transfer from the original owner through gifting, or return to the Civilian Marksmanship Program for redistribution. Recovered firearms for any reason shall be returned to the Civilian Marksmanship Program for redistribution — they can not be destroyed or disabled.

PART III.

The Armed Agencies and Departments, and Whether they Should be Disarmed and/or Abolished:

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)— Abolished. Constitutional Departments Transferred.

United States Coast Guard (USCG) — Transferred to Department of Defense. Armed from the US Border to the high seas for the Constitutionally authorized authority over Piracy.

Coast Guard Police (CGPD) — Disarmed and Abolished.

Coast Guard Investigative Service (CGIS) — Disarmed and Abolished.

United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) — Returned to Treasury Department as US Customs. Disarmed except at and beyond the US border.

United States Border Patrol (USBP) — Transferred to Department of Defense. Disarmed except at US border.

Federal Protective Service (FPS) — Disarmed and Abolished. Security provided by local and state police except in DC where DC and Capitol Hill Police have authority. End private security contractors.

United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) — Disarmed and Abolished. State and local police can verify citizenship and residency and can return illegal aliens, criminals, etc, to US Dept. of Defense authorities at the border.

United States Secret Service (USSS) — Returned to Treasury. Armed for their constitutionally delegated authority over Counterfeiting, and for protecting national officials such as the President.  Armed for enforcement of charges of Treason.

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) — Disarmed and Abolished. Airports all have state and local police.

Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS) — Armed on aircraft engaged in flight operations only.

Department of Justice (USDOJ) — Disarmed and Abolished. 

No national police or justice agency is authorized by the Constitution. Constitutional authority over Treason, Piracy, and Counterfeiting have been previously delegated to other departments of government.

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) — Disarmed and Abolished.

Drug Enforcement Administration (since 1973) — Disarmed and Abolished.

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) — Disarmed and Abolished.

Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) — Disarmed and Limited only to holding prisoners for Treason, Piracy, and Counterfeiting.

United States Marshals Service (USMS) — Armed only on federal judiciary property.

Department of State (DOS)

Bureau of Diplomatic Security, Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) — Disarmed within the US. Armed at US embassies and consulates in foreign countries.

Department of Commerce (DOC)

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries Office for Law Enforcement — Disarmed and Abolished. Authority returned to the States.

Small Business Administration — Disarmed.

National Institute of Standards and Technology — Disarmed.

Department of Treasury

Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigations Division (IRS-CID) — Disarmed.

Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) — Disarmed.

United States Mint Police (USMP) — Disarmed, except in a US Mint.

Bureau of Engraving and Printing — Disarmed.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) — Disarmed. Should be abolished as States have their own EPA’s.

Department of Defense (DoD)

Defense Criminal Investigative Service(DCIS) — Disarmed. Use State and Local police for arms when required.

Pentagon Force Protection Agency — Disarmed, except in the Pentagon.

Department of the Army:

United States Army Criminal Investigation Division (Army CID)

United States Army Military Police Corps

Department of the Navy:

Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS)

Office of Naval Intelligence Police (ONI Police)

Marine Corps Provost Marshal’s Office

Department of Education — Disarmed. Should be abolished.

Office of the Inspector General (OIG) — Disarmed.

Department of Health and Human Services

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Office of Criminal Investigations — Disarmed and Abolished.

Department of Agriculture (USDA)

U.S. Forest Service Law Enforcement and Investigations — Disarmed and Abolished. Federal land returned to the States.

Office of Inspector General — Disarmed. Inspector Generals however fulfill a vital oversight and prosecution role over illegal actions of government departments and agencies.

Department of the Interior (USDI) —

Disarmed and Abolished. All federal lands unconstitutionally held in the States, which is any land not, as stated in Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution: “for the erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, Dock-yards, and other needful buildings,” is hereby returned to the States.

Bureau of Indian Affairs Police — Disarmed and Abolished.

Bureau of Land Management Office of Law Enforcement & Security — Disarmed and Abolished.

National Parks Service — Disarmed, Abolished, and land returned to the States.

National Park Rangers — Disarmed and Abolished.

United States Park Police — Disarmed and Abolished.

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Office of Law Enforcement — Disarmed and Abolished.

Other Major Federal Law Enforcement Agencies:

Central Intelligence Agency Security Protective Service (SPS) — Disarmed nationally except on CIA property, armed internationally.

Federal Reserve Police — Disarmed and Abolished. The Federal Reserve is unconstitutional.

Library of Congress Police — Disarmed and Abolished. Agency transferred to Capitol Hill Police.

National Security Agency Police (NSA Police) — Disarmed and Abolished. Responsibility transferred to DC Police.

Smithsonian National Zoological Park Police — Disarmed and Abolished. Responsibility transferred to DC Police.

United States Capitol Police (USCP) — Only able to operate and protect officials at the United States Capitol Hill Complex. All other functions throughout the US and territories is repealed.

United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) — Disarmed and Abolished. Although the Post Office is declared in the Constitution, crimes involving mail are not. And since the USPS is now an independent agency hoping to show a profit, it is not a traditional government agency or department, and therefore can not have a police department. Mail fraud is not included in Treason, Piracy, or Counterfeiting, so it is not a federal crime. However it is easily punishable as a State crime, which is where this jurisdiction shall transfer.

United States Supreme Court Police — Disarmed. Duties transferred to Capitol Hill Police.

Veterans Affairs Police — Disarmed and Abolished. Duties transferred to State and local police.

AMTRAK Police: Armed on trains and train stations only. No further jurisdiction.

Social Security Administration — Disarmed.

Authorizing Clauses:

All agencies and departments categorized as “Disarmed and Abolished” shall immediately upon passage of this Act surrender all arms and accessories of arms, to the Civilian Marksmanship Program for disbursement to eligible American citizens.

The current provision for all federal agents and officers to be armed 24/7, and to carry in any location in every state and territory is hereby repealed. Only as provided by the Constitution may any federal employee be armed on the job. Off the job all federal employees are subject to the same firearms laws, restrictions and prohibitions as the citizens in their jurisdiction and/or location.

The Members and Committee staffs of Congress shall write language using Title and Section citations to effect the changes mandated by this Act. And shall add such language to this Act.

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