The only fear I have with respect to the average gov't employee is that he/she will be one of those "Good Germans" that obeys whatever terrible order they get from the idiots that run the show.
I deal with gov't people all the time. Most of them are underpaid schmucks that are just trying to get by until they can retire. Most of them hate the idiot rules they have to follow. A few are rabid assholes that have way too much authority and way to little intelligence to be in the position they occupy. EPA, for example, probably has 50 schmucks for every nazi/commie/asshole.
But EPA has NO LEGITIMATE reason to have armed officers. Yet they do - and even at least one SWAT Team. They NEVER go after armed criminals. Never. Their battles are in court. When I was a consultant, EPA showed up at a client's plant to seize records. The company wouldn't let them into the plant with firearms because it was a chemical plant and firearms are prohibited. After a few hours of arguing, they came to some sort of compromise and let them get the records. Had EPA simply showed up with a truck and a subpoena, they could have avoided all the angst.
Yeah, I understand the gov't buys in bulk - and many times they're not really buying that quantity, they're just getting an option to purchase up to that quantity at a set price. But the volume of ammo they've been buying indicates that they are extremely bloated.
I deal with gov't people all the time. Most of them are underpaid schmucks that are just trying to get by until they can retire. Most of them hate the idiot rules they have to follow. A few are rabid assholes that have way too much authority and way to little intelligence to be in the position they occupy. EPA, for example, probably has 50 schmucks for every nazi/commie/asshole.
But EPA has NO LEGITIMATE reason to have armed officers. Yet they do - and even at least one SWAT Team. They NEVER go after armed criminals. Never. Their battles are in court. When I was a consultant, EPA showed up at a client's plant to seize records. The company wouldn't let them into the plant with firearms because it was a chemical plant and firearms are prohibited. After a few hours of arguing, they came to some sort of compromise and let them get the records. Had EPA simply showed up with a truck and a subpoena, they could have avoided all the angst.
Yeah, I understand the gov't buys in bulk - and many times they're not really buying that quantity, they're just getting an option to purchase up to that quantity at a set price. But the volume of ammo they've been buying indicates that they are extremely bloated.