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'Blog' puts fear into gun shop inspectors
WorldNetDaily ^ | 7/25/07 | n/a

Posted on 07/26/2007 10:10:54 AM PDT by kiriath_jearim

A team of inspectors from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives fled an Idaho gun shop where they were inspecting sales records when they learned their actions were being recorded on a blog.

The federal agency and Red's Trading Post of Twin Falls, Idaho, have been disputing for six years already over the store's license to sell firearms, with regulators using rules infractions such as a missing poster to attack Red's business operations.

(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Idaho
KEYWORDS: bang; banglist; batf; batfe; guns; redstradingpost; secondamendment
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1 posted on 07/26/2007 10:10:58 AM PDT by kiriath_jearim
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To: kiriath_jearim
See my tagline

Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms should be three aisles at the mini mart.

2 posted on 07/26/2007 10:16:21 AM PDT by RedStateRocker (Nuke Mecca, Deport all illegals, abolish the IRS, ATF and DEA)
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To: GOP_Raider

ID P-list ping.

More on Red’s and the ATF.


3 posted on 07/26/2007 10:18:00 AM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: kiriath_jearim

If the ATF flees in fear from a camera, imagine how much fear they have of illegal gun smugglers! No wonder they spend their time harrassing legal gun dealers! Real criminals are just too scary!


4 posted on 07/26/2007 10:18:10 AM PDT by TheMightyQuinn
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To: kiriath_jearim
"The Director of Industry Operations, Richard Van Loan, agreed with Supervisor Young's assessment that the photographing of the rental car used by ATF personnel, coupled with the instantaneous posting on the internet of ATF's presence … posed a credible threat to their safety and was designed to harass and intimidate," the court filing said. (emphasis added)

Coming from the BATFE, that statement just has to win some kind of hypocrisy award!

ROFLOL!

Harass and intimidate, indeed.

5 posted on 07/26/2007 10:18:48 AM PDT by TChris (The Republican Party is merely the Democrat Party's "away" jersey - Vox Day)
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To: Travis McGee

Feds don’t like their actions being public, where have I read about something like that?


6 posted on 07/26/2007 10:20:11 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: kiriath_jearim

Awwwww. Poor babies. I feel so sorry for them . . . NOT!

Y’know, this is the sort of thing the founders intended. The government and its agents were supposed to be - if not fearful, then at least more respectful of the people. Now, after shoving the recent immigration bill back up Bush’s ... well, never mind, and now this. Maybe there’s still hope for a relatively peaceful turnaround in this country yet.


7 posted on 07/26/2007 10:24:44 AM PDT by oldfart (The most dangerous man is the one who has nothing left to lose.)
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To: kiriath_jearim

It is worrisome when your law enforcment officers object to their carrying out their jobs under public scrutiny.


8 posted on 07/26/2007 10:24:52 AM PDT by Dreagon
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To: kiriath_jearim
Email Red's
9 posted on 07/26/2007 10:25:03 AM PDT by Inquisitive1 (I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance - Socrates)
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To: kiriath_jearim

Like cockroaches fleeing the light.

Except that the cockroaches earn an honest living without harrassing the crap out of other insects, killing their pets, burning their children, kicking the egg sacks of expectant mother insects, burning down the homes of other insects, preventing other insects from earning a living or depriving insects of their means of self-defense.

I therefore beg the forgiveness of cockroaches everywhere for insulting them. Sorry, I just couldn’t think of a better example. Maybe a dung beetle...nah, they work an honest living also, and actually clean up the world.


10 posted on 07/26/2007 10:25:21 AM PDT by Ancesthntr
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To: kiriath_jearim
http://redstradingpost.blogspot.com/
11 posted on 07/26/2007 10:27:09 AM PDT by lowbridge (A Gun A Day Keeps The Government Away)
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This copies, exactly, the premise of “Max Headroom”. Remember that show ?

The only defense against criminals was having the television camera on, and the only way your camera could be on was to be broadcasting something news-worthy.

It seemed they were ok with their “we do what we want” search until the “cameras” were turned on.. and there was apparently nothing they could do about it.

I would envision them destroying the PC in a “whoopsie” before letting it prevail.


12 posted on 07/26/2007 10:28:28 AM PDT by Celerity
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To: kiriath_jearim
A team of inspectors from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives fled an Idaho gun shop where they were inspecting sales records when they learned their actions were being recorded on a blog.

"Look out! The man pulled out his keyboard!!! RUN!!!"

13 posted on 07/26/2007 10:28:47 AM PDT by lowbridge (A Gun A Day Keeps The Government Away)
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"My point was to show the excess spending of the ATF

I hate to say it but I figured that out just from reading the article. And I'm not even an ATF agent.

The ATF has decided it's much easier to go after the law-abiding public than it is the criminals.

14 posted on 07/26/2007 10:29:53 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici (No buy China!!)
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...posed a credible threat to their safety and was designed to harass and intimidate DOCUMENT...

Very big difference.

15 posted on 07/26/2007 10:30:17 AM PDT by Inquisitive1 (I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance - Socrates)
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http://redstradingpost.blogspot.com/2007/07/recap-of-todays-visit-by-atf.html
16 posted on 07/26/2007 10:31:21 AM PDT by lowbridge (A Gun A Day Keeps The Government Away)
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To: kiriath_jearim
with regulators using rules infractions such as a missing poster

So many laws and rules that it's impossible to not break one. Talk about perfect "job" security for the clowns that call themselves ATF.

17 posted on 07/26/2007 10:35:21 AM PDT by beltfed308 (Rudy: When you absolutely,positively need a liberal for President.)
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To: kiriath_jearim

Scary stuff. Is this part of the globalist’s plan? What will stop them?


18 posted on 07/26/2007 10:35:34 AM PDT by Edgerunner (If you won't let the military fight your battles, you will have to. Keep your powder dry...)
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To: kiriath_jearim
The Overlords are apparently impervious to embarrassment:

"The person in question who photographed them was a 70-year-old man in a Hawaiian shirt who is balding (Sorry, Al) and has a broken foot. Yet three inspectors felt that they were in danger," he saida.

19 posted on 07/26/2007 10:41:16 AM PDT by Madame Dufarge
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To: TheMightyQuinn
... No wonder they spend their time harrassing legal gun dealers! ...

And churches in Waco.

20 posted on 07/26/2007 10:45:56 AM PDT by FReepaholic (Boomchakalakalaka Boomchakalakalaka)
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