Posted on 01/03/2012 7:04:44 AM PST by marktwain
“The Federal Bureau of Investigation, Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF), wishes to re-new and initiate liaison contacts with the Federal Firearms License holders and firearms ranges in the San Antonio area,” Special Agent Karl A. Kehrberg of the San Antonio Field Division wrote in a Dec. 23 letter to FFLs and range operators (see sidebar photo).
Questions about the intrusion into ATF turf aside, the point of the letter was to provide them with an “informational flier” and instruct:
If you encounter any suspicious activity, please give us a call.
What qualifies as “suspicious activity”? See the sidebar slide show.
Gun Rights Examiner has explored similar efforts in the past, defining such potentially subversive activities as shaving your beard or paying in cash, repeated in this latest alarm. In 2008, this correspondent’s GUNS Magazine “Rights Watch” column pointed to government warnings about “Defenders of the US Constitution against federal government and the UN (Super Patriots).” Similarly, we’ve documented other indicators of citizens up to no good, like supporting libertarian/conservative candidates, and sporting the “wrong” bumper sticker.
And while it’s noteworthy that Special Agent Kehrberg admits reporting suspicious activity can save lives (assuming, of course, management doesn’t instruct the dealer to proceed with the gun sale and then order surveilling personnel to stand down with the intent of having guns turn up later at domestic and Mexican cartel crime scenes), the nebulous expectations—combined with the power imbalance between dealers and agents, points to more than “strong FFL – law enforcement relationships,” or, as the handout calls it, a "community effort...partnership."
(Excerpt) Read more at examiner.com ...
Who will guard the guards themselves?
Maybe the FFLs can report the ATF to the FBI. LOL.
Is the letter for real? It looks like it was done on a typewriter, not a word processor. This might be a troll.
Suspicious activity. You mean the ATF ordering an FFL dealer to sell weapons to a criminal? What joke.
Isn’t it profiling to report anybody to ATF, especially because they correspond to a profile? Quick call the ACLU I’m sure they will want to stop this...right after they have eliminated God and guns (bitter clingers) from society.
Hmmm - going to pick up my new Ruger at noon, may ask the folks at the Gun Shack if they’ve heard of this one.
Colonel, USAFR
No problema. I just show them my Member In Good Standing-Sinaloa Cartel card and skip all the pesky questions, checks and sometimes even the bill.
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