Why ATF folded in Friesen case(BATFE Gets The Boot!)

Examiner.com ^ | 08/30/09 | David Codrea

[Copernicus]

Attorney David T. Hardy sums it up nicely:

The courtroom equivalent of "the dog ate my homework. Five times."...

The prosecutor is trying to dodge and weave on why certain important documents were not disclosed to the defense, despite a court order, and neither the judge nor the defense attorney is giving him an inch of slack.

[Copernicus]

Finally, someone nailed those dangerous, reckless, incompetent boobs.

Best regards to all,

[Copernicus]

Ping to your attention.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

One Freeper has as their tag line.
The ATF should be a local store or something of this ilk.

[GWConservative]

Amen!

[Loud Mime]

This is quite interesting. What is it with the ATF?

[Eagles6]

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives should be the name of a one stop party store not a gubmint agency.

[ASOC]

A lot of FedGov prosecutors have been nailed with misconduct - might not have been in the news in the past, but really seems to have gotten out of hand in so many ways.

[org.whodat]

Fix the link:

[Copernicus]

Works for me and I have a tin lizzie for a computer.

Try this: http://www.examiner.com/x-1417-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m8d30-Why-ATF-folded-in-Friesen-case

[calex59]

When I was a child it was named BAT, and was only responsible for Booze and Taxes. Then of course they got greedy, and they added firearms to their agenda(after JFK was shot), now they have explosives in their also. Couple more decades and no telling how many letters they can add to their name.

This unit needs to be abolished, especially the firearms and explosives units.

[an amused spectator]

If you'll notice, the defendant in this case was STILL forced to plead.

People don't understand how far the government has gotten out of control. They basically have a blank checkbook and an endless "Book of Criminal Offenses" with which to pursue their victims.

You are usually forced to plead, and part of the plea deal is giving up some of your Rights as a free man. "Probation" is something the Founders wouldn't have recognized, nor a concept they would have understood. Free men don't live under the "supervision" of the State after they've paid for their "crime".

Yet, that's the system we have now.

[Eagles6]

I agree.

[dtrpscout]

Amen.

[OldCorps]

Did a BATF agent perjure himself on the witness stand? If so, what will be the ramifications?

[IronJack]

I might be wrong, but David Hardy was the attorney who defended the Branch Davidians after the Waco debacle.

[white17x]

Maybe I’m just dense but I don’t see how this is a win for our side.

The court could have sentenced him to a year in prison. See question 12B on form 4473. It means Friesen is now a prohibited person, the way I read it.

[ozzymandus]

Wow, that was one poorly written article. A paragraph explaining the whole background would have helped.

[kAcknor]

Wow, that was one poorly written article

Glad I'm not the only one to think that.

I kept going waiting to find out just what the heck he was talking about. It sounded very important, but he never really said why...

[Dayman]

The probation is a loss. He shouldn’t have accepted that as a condition of dropping the other charges when the BATFags didn’t have a leg to stand on.

The NFA needs to be abolished, as does the NICS system and all provisions of GCA ‘68. There should be no laws restricting the purchase, possession, or carrying of firearms by any non-incarcerated person.

[Free Vulcan]

Agreed. Sounds though like he found the chink in the armor. I think the gun groups and anyone under prosecution by the ATFE needs to zero in and exploit it.