1. Asking questions and demanding answers from the ATF will get you exactly squat.
2. Stating a goal of making sure this never happens again will GUARANTEE it WILL happen again, repeatedly and more egregiously.
3. The only way to deal with these ATF agents is to set up a sting operation and ARREST THEM! That's right, have gun shop owners wear a wire and with law enforcement outside listening when the ATF agent demands to see and copy 4473 records you move in and ARREST THE ATF AGENTS ON THE SPOT.
These people do not care about losing their jobs or getting caught. They are willing to take that chance and violate the constitution and break the law on the off chance they could get caught. Most of the time a simple apology and then a lucrative promotion will be the only consequence.
We have got to start fighting fire with MORE FIRE. The ATF is a criminal unconstitutional agency.
Sorry for the rant but congressmen like this and their tough talk is a waste of time. We need to put the sting to these crooks. They will back down when they see a few of their buddies lives destroyed with criminal records and jail time.
Arresting them is exactly what county sheriffs ought to be doing.
That’s why Republicans who are neutered pantswetting bunny rabbits are worse than useless. That’s not even counting the ones who are actually liberals.