Posted on 08/15/2009 6:26:44 AM PDT by epow
WALLINGFORD - A usually quiet mobile home park was shaken Friday morning when about 15 officers from the U.S. bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and local police descended on one of their neighbor's homes with force.
"They had their guns drawn and were surrounding the house," said Jennifer Monroe
Lynne Boynton, of 15 Hosford Bridge Road, went to her husband's truck for coffee money at about 6 a.m. and was pushed to the driveway and handcuffed with an officer's knee in her back and a gun to her head.
ATF officers surrounded her father-in-law's home at Western Sands Mobile Home Park and used a battering ram to enter the unlocked home in the rear, Boynton said.
"They were pouring out of there like crazy," said Monroe, who can easily see the front door. "They had Lynne in handcuffs. We were like 'What are they looking for?' "
Once inside, officers pulled Gilman Boynton and Paul Boynton out of bed, the men said. Paul Boynton said three or four officers threw him to the floor and put a gun to his head. Gilman Boynton, 76, who suffers from a heart condition, was made to sit in the living room, he said.
"Don't I have any rights?" a visibly shaken Gilman Boynton said. "I've been living here for over 40 years. The police have been here and seen my guns."
The family was told by ATF officers that the agency received a tip six weeks ago that a convicted felon was living at the home and had access to guns, Lynne Boynton said. Paul Boynton was arrested 34 years ago at the age of 17 with a friend who had forged a check. He hasn't been arrested since, he said.
Gilman Boynton is a gun collector, who keeps his rifles
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Read the linked article for the full outrageous story
This raid is typical of what BATF was so well known for during the Clinton era, and the old BATF that was relatively restrained during the Bush years is back with a vengeance now that an even more committed gun-hater than the Clintons is in charge. I turned in my Federal Firearms Licence and got out of my small time gun business after two years of harassment by BATF that began a few months after Clinton took office. The total number of licensed gun dealers fell from approximately 190 thousand to around 10 thousand during Clinton's time in office due to this same kind of Gestapo-like harassment and persecution by BATF designed to intimidate legally operating gun dealers out of business. After being ordered to meet with BATF officials at the district BATF office I was was contacted by my county zoning board and told to cease operations due my location having been rezoned non-commercial. When I called the zoning board to protest that I was grandfathered into the zone, and that several other businesses were openly operating within 100 yards or less of my little operation I was told that complaints has been made about my operation but no other complaints had been made about the others in that area.
Obama is more ant-gun than Clinton ever was and no doubt wants to drive as many FFL dealers OOB as he can, so any of you who hold FFL's may as well get ready for the BATF's JBTs to show up on your premises at any time with the intention of harassing you out of business, and if they have the slightest excuse, to physically abuse and intimidate you, your employees, and family members if possible. After hearing of countless physical abuse outrages by BATF during the Clinton era I would advise anyone not to physically resist the BATF thugs when they show up at your pace, they are just looking for an excuse to use the violent tactics that resulted in serious injuries and even deaths of innocent people during the Clinton years.
Where’s the linked article?
did anyone see geraldine and rick s on foxnews a minute ago? why should townhallers be more respectful of a gov who calls them names and wont listen.....
Bad link
ya he may be a freeper....
Got them jack boots on again it seems.
I’d love to see that affidavit for search warrant.
Battering ram on an open door, gee, first thing they teach you at brown shirt school is to see if the door is open before knocking it down.
Well, there you have it, a government that cannot find an illegal alien in LA can throw old people on the floor out of bed at 5AM.
Something like this had all the earmarks of something that could have gone very bad and the result would have been one or two innocent civilians.
This is an old article from last June, but it’s still very much pertinent IMHO since the raid on an innocent family’s home is almost like a public announcement that the old BATF Gestapo of the Clinton era is back in the saddle with it’s same old intimidation tactics.
I went to your link and only found this amazing article...
“My husband was dying for some cucumbers.”
Was the article about veggies?
Who is going to send them a great lawyer? Are these folks GOP supporters? I hope these folks get very rich off this! This needs to happen to “Queen Janet”!
Sorry if the tardy post offended you, see #11 for my reason for posting it.
As the Obama mal-administration becomes more openly active in pursuing it's radical ant-gun agenda there will be many more outrages like this one only much worse. Anyone who holds an FFL (Federal Firearms License) had better be prepared for what's coming.
When JBTs attack...
Yes,I saw that exchange. Geraldine and Rick need to take a long walk off a short pier!
If that wasn't bad enough,Fox had The Home Depot idiot,demonstrate how to climb a ladder. Personally, I LMAO at that!
Re-adjust your tin foil hat, it’s a might tight.
This is a non-story.
What are those old buzzards croaking about, anyway?
It’s not as if they required stitches! H*ll, the officers never even shot their dang dog!
They should consider themselves lucky that they are served by such devoted public servants.
It’s good to be reminded of what can and will happen again. Thanks for posting this!
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