Should have told him:
“Hey Mr. BATFE agent, you have to work on your scam pretext entrapment script, it is just too lame and obvious.”
Exactly right. That's what I'd have said. Don't give them an inch, bust them on the spot. We're too smart for the b.s.
Agreed. Sure bet it was a government agent trying to entrap a citizen.
A sting if I ever heard one. ATF sent a scrawny agent to all the local machine shops in town under Eric Holder’s “under the radar” scheme. It was during the craze when everyone was finishing 80% lowers. He asked if I would finish it for him or if he could “rent” my machines and he had a lot of business if I would. I told him to leave. A week or two later. Agents showed up and said they wanted to look around because they heard I was making guns. I told them to leave immediately and if they don’t have a warrant I will have the sheriff remove them for trespassing. Turns out they too showed up to every shop in town and people actually let them wander through their shops without a warrant because “they have nothing to hide.”