Reading Room Document

Legislative proposal to empower IRS agents to carry firearms, etc.

The document is a response to a memorandum requesting comments on draft legislation to empower personnel of the Internal Revenue Service to carry firearms, serve process, make arrests, and seize property in connection with their enforcement of firearms control legislation. The conclusion reached in the document is that the proposed legislation would broaden the authority of internal revenue agents to make arrests without warrants and execute arrest warrants. It also suggests that the legislation would grant the necessary authority for the enforcement of firearms control legislation by the Internal Revenue Service. The document presents questions regarding the necessity of the legislation, the authority of the Internal Revenue Service personnel, and the specific provisions of the proposed legislation.

March 26, 1969