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Gun control for the Federal government, anyway:

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When financial questions arose regarding the Mountain Pure Water Company, Washington did not send a few staffers to inspect documents. Instead, last spring, some 50 armed Treasury agents breached Mountain Pure\u00e2\u0080\u0099s headquarters in Little Rock, Ark. They seized 82 boxes of records, herded employees into the cafeteria, snatched their cell phones, and refused to let them consult attorneys.

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\u00e2\u0080\u009cWe\u00e2\u0080\u0099re the federal government,\u00e2\u0080\u009d Mountain Pure\u00e2\u0080\u0099s comptroller, Jerry Miller, says one pistol-packing fed told him. \u00e2\u0080\u009cWe can do what we want, when we want, and there\u00e2\u0080\u0099s nothing you can do about it.\u00e2\u0080\u009d

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Power-mad bureaucrats and administrators with guns from departments of the FDA, Education, Health & Human Services? By all means, restrict their access to and use of guns. Via And Your Little Dog, Too - National Review Online.

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