As an owner of class III NFA items (Fed. tax stamp items) I live with apprehension regarding the inevitable "friendly visit to ensure my NFA items are in my control".
I reckon when they get finished with their shaking-down of FFL's they'll realize they have untold persecution victims remaining.
The best compromise I can imagine is to keep all controlled (registered) items in their own safe with zero non-NFA items. At least their snooping/re-appropriation efforts might be limited to the items in that safe.
Consider the implications of firearms registered with the fed gubmint. Particularly, if you reside in a liberty-minded state that does not register firearms, since (presumably) they are not registered anywhere else.
This article is complete trash. It is really just conservative propaganda. It’s only real purpose that I can see is being content that the loyal followers read and think “Yeah! The ATF should be abolished!” and then continue to follow this blog.
It is full of non sequiturs and has no real meat.
Specifically: it asserts that the ATF is scared and trying to cover up their own misconduct. But, the only actual ATF actions that it reports are that the ATF responded to a 3-year old FOIA request with a pile of gibberish, and that the ATF claims to have responded to a 2-year old FOIA request but there is no evidence that they actually did respond.
So, sure, the ATF is terrible and they should be held properly accountable for responding to these FOIA requests. But, how do the two facts that were reported support the initial hyperbole that “the ATF is taking steps to clean house as much as possible and get rid of any proof that they violated the civil rights of millions of Americans”?
It doesn’t.
In the Takeaways section, it says “It’s not difficult to see that there is a growing sense of unease and nervousness within ATF’s upper echelons”.
Really? This article gives ZERO support for that statement. Not one single statement of any kind as an example of how uneasy or nervous anyone at ATF is. It’s simply a claim being made with no evidence given to support said claim. They’re uneasy and nervous? Really? How do you know that??
Anyway….
I do hope that someone in Congress will step up and apply the whip of The Law to ATF with regards to these FOIA requests. Non-compliance should be subject to whatever penalties the FOIA actually specifies. Those penalties should be applied to whomever at ATF is responsible for the (apparent) non-compliance. It would be really nice if that meant that somebody there actually went to jail.
Sadly, this propaganda piece does not actually speak to any of that.
Great article as usual. Keep it up!
Abolish the ATF
As an owner of class III NFA items (Fed. tax stamp items) I live with apprehension regarding the inevitable "friendly visit to ensure my NFA items are in my control".
I reckon when they get finished with their shaking-down of FFL's they'll realize they have untold persecution victims remaining.
The best compromise I can imagine is to keep all controlled (registered) items in their own safe with zero non-NFA items. At least their snooping/re-appropriation efforts might be limited to the items in that safe.
Consider the implications of firearms registered with the fed gubmint. Particularly, if you reside in a liberty-minded state that does not register firearms, since (presumably) they are not registered anywhere else.
JMHO........
Onward, Christian soldiers!
Another GREAT piece, Lee. Thanks for speaking up for all of us gun owners. We need more people like you. ATF NEEDS TO GO!!!!!
This article is complete trash. It is really just conservative propaganda. It’s only real purpose that I can see is being content that the loyal followers read and think “Yeah! The ATF should be abolished!” and then continue to follow this blog.
It is full of non sequiturs and has no real meat.
Specifically: it asserts that the ATF is scared and trying to cover up their own misconduct. But, the only actual ATF actions that it reports are that the ATF responded to a 3-year old FOIA request with a pile of gibberish, and that the ATF claims to have responded to a 2-year old FOIA request but there is no evidence that they actually did respond.
So, sure, the ATF is terrible and they should be held properly accountable for responding to these FOIA requests. But, how do the two facts that were reported support the initial hyperbole that “the ATF is taking steps to clean house as much as possible and get rid of any proof that they violated the civil rights of millions of Americans”?
It doesn’t.
In the Takeaways section, it says “It’s not difficult to see that there is a growing sense of unease and nervousness within ATF’s upper echelons”.
Really? This article gives ZERO support for that statement. Not one single statement of any kind as an example of how uneasy or nervous anyone at ATF is. It’s simply a claim being made with no evidence given to support said claim. They’re uneasy and nervous? Really? How do you know that??
Anyway….
I do hope that someone in Congress will step up and apply the whip of The Law to ATF with regards to these FOIA requests. Non-compliance should be subject to whatever penalties the FOIA actually specifies. Those penalties should be applied to whomever at ATF is responsible for the (apparent) non-compliance. It would be really nice if that meant that somebody there actually went to jail.
Sadly, this propaganda piece does not actually speak to any of that.
what about the airport manager they just killed in AR or GA. The ATF need to be abolished and held accountable for their actions.