SrA Art Siatkowsky1024714<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Google it yourself.<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/11/epa-facing-fire-armed-raid-alaska-mine/?page=all">http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/11/epa-facing-fire-armed-raid-alaska-mine/?page=all</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default">
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<p class="pta-link-card-description">The Environmental Protection Agency is coming under increasing fire for a raid conducted in Alaska this summer by armed agents seeking violations of the Clean Water Act.</p>
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Why in the hell is the EPA armed?2015-10-07T19:54:47-04:00SrA Art Siatkowsky1024714<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Google it yourself.<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/11/epa-facing-fire-armed-raid-alaska-mine/?page=all">http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/11/epa-facing-fire-armed-raid-alaska-mine/?page=all</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default">
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<p class="pta-link-card-description">The Environmental Protection Agency is coming under increasing fire for a raid conducted in Alaska this summer by armed agents seeking violations of the Clean Water Act.</p>
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Why in the hell is the EPA armed?2015-10-07T19:54:47-04:002015-10-07T19:54:47-04:00Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS1024722<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Almost every Agency and Administration in the American Government has a LEO branch.<br /><br />However, speaking specifically of the EPA.. go onto someone's property to "inspect" or serve a warrant when they don't want you there and see what happens.Response by Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS made Oct 7 at 2015 7:59 PM2015-10-07T19:59:44-04:002015-10-07T19:59:44-04:00SSG Gerhard S.1024723<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>List of armed Federal agencies... <a target="_blank" href="http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2010/03/robert-farago/full-list-of-armed-federal-agencies/">http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2010/03/robert-farago/full-list-of-armed-federal-agencies/</a>Response by SSG Gerhard S. made Oct 7 at 2015 8:00 PM2015-10-07T20:00:52-04:002015-10-07T20:00:52-04:00SGT Private RallyPoint Member1024725<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>So is the department of agricultureResponse by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 7 at 2015 8:02 PM2015-10-07T20:02:05-04:002015-10-07T20:02:05-04:00SSG Private RallyPoint Member1024797<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>In the event that Captain Planet is busy, the can take care of business! LOLResponse by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 7 at 2015 8:33 PM2015-10-07T20:33:13-04:002015-10-07T20:33:13-04:00PO1 William "Chip" Nagel1025413<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Lean something every day I didn't know that the EPA has a Criminal Enforcement Division. Makes sense though. <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default">
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Response by PO1 William "Chip" Nagel made Oct 8 at 2015 2:53 AM2015-10-08T02:53:08-04:002015-10-08T02:53:08-04:00PO3 Private RallyPoint Member1025573<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>To enforce EPA regulation?? <br /><br />not that i agree with them ... they shouldn't be armed.Response by PO3 Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 8 at 2015 7:39 AM2015-10-08T07:39:28-04:002015-10-08T07:39:28-04:00SGT Private RallyPoint Member1025587<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>"Alright now you listen up . . . If I catch any of you using so much as an ounce of farm diesal in that highway pickup, I'm going to send mah goonies after you with the power of government sanctioned militant hippies!" - EPA<br /><br />Lol, well I can't say I'm suprised, they are a government agency. What DOES surprise me is that EPA raids people!<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/09/14/armed-epa-agents-in-alaska-shed-light-on-70-fed-agencies-with-armed-divisions/">http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/09/14/armed-epa-agents-in-alaska-shed-light-on-70-fed-agencies-with-armed-divisions/</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default">
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<p class="pta-link-card-description">The recent uproar over armed EPA agents descending on tiny Alaska mining town is shedding light again on the fact 40 federal agencies – including nearly a dozen typically not associated with law enforcement -- have armed division.</p>
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Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 8 at 2015 7:55 AM2015-10-08T07:55:50-04:002015-10-08T07:55:50-04:00SFC Mark Merino1030504<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Aren't they the ones doing the most damage these days??!!Response by SFC Mark Merino made Oct 10 at 2015 12:12 AM2015-10-10T00:12:33-04:002015-10-10T00:12:33-04:00Cpl Chris Rice1032311<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The same people asking this want teachers to be armed, and think they themselves should be armed 100% of the time. I thought an armed society was a polite society, the EPA is just making it more polite.Response by Cpl Chris Rice made Oct 11 at 2015 12:41 AM2015-10-11T00:41:39-04:002015-10-11T00:41:39-04:00Col Carl Whicker2194531<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I really don't think I have a problem with them having armed officers, but were you aware that they also have their own SWAT Team? More importantly, I'm not sure why the National Institute of Health, Federal Reserve Board, NOAA, and the Government Printing Office also have their own police forces. I understand the military concept of redundancy and dispersal, but this is ridiculous!<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/09/14/armed-epa-agents-in-alaska-shed-light-on-70-fed-agencies-with-armed-divisions.html">http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/09/14/armed-epa-agents-in-alaska-shed-light-on-70-fed-agencies-with-armed-divisions.html</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default">
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<p class="pta-link-card-description">The recent uproar over armed EPA agents descending on tiny Alaska mining town is shedding light again on the fact 40 federal agencies – including nearly a dozen typically not associated with law enforcement -- have armed division.</p>
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