"If the guy has a medical condition as he claims, and that condition excludes him from being involved in a physical confrontation with anyone, police or otherwise, that means he isn't 100% fit for duty, and shouldn't even be on the job. I mean, why else would he even mention he has a medical condition while he's being restrained and cuffed?"
"Maybe the ATF agent should have contacted the Police Department in the area, that he was going to be making a few stops that day...you know, like giving them a heads up, and possibly getting one of the police officers to be there when he knocked on the doors? Why any ATF agent or police officer would be going around, and knocking on the doors of unknown individuals, all by themselves, in this day and age, is beyond me."
“Why any ATF agent or police officer would be going around, and knocking on the doors of unknown individuals, all by themselves, in this day and age, is beyond me.”
“The Gun Control Act (GCA) of 1968 requires federal firearms licensees (FFLs) to send a report to ATF when there is a sale of multiple firearms to the same purchaser within a certain time period.”
https://www.atf.gov/firearms/reporting-multiple-firearms-sales
With no warrant, you can tell him to go eff himself.
It is a near article of religious faith among undercover cops, plainclothes cops, Feds, etc... that in an encounter with uniformed officers, do EXACTLY as they say and DO NOT ARGUE or reach into a pocket or jacket for your badge.
This guy is very lucky. He was a nanosecond from “see here’s my badge” and reaching. He would have been dead.
ATF has NO authority over anyone who is not an FFL holder, seller of tobacco products, or liquor license holder. “ATF”.
If they have a genuine active investigation they need to go to the sheriff first.
In my area the sheriff deputies are usually good citizens, and they do not like ATF, and DOJ agents at all.