Posted on 08/12/2022 5:50:38 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants
Video of an ATF inspector snapping pictures of sales records at an Arizona gun shop went viral recently.
The footage, which was recorded by Dave Nagel, the owner of Black Metal Firearms in Mesa, back in December/January of 2022, depicts ATF Industry Operations Inspector (IOI) Pamela Scott taking photos of the store’s Acquisitions and Dispensations (A&D) books on her personal cellular device, allegedly.
“No registry? Here’s our ATF auditor copying every single page of our A&D books with her cell phone camera using an app that reads text,” said Black Metal Firearms on Instagram.
“This data includes make, model, serial number, buyer’s name and address, and even the seller. We have well over 20 minutes of footage of this happening in our shop in public view. Yes, this is illegal,” the store continued.
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Mr.GG2 caught one feeding 1044s into a copy machine 40 at a time at the gun store near us. He said something to the guy like “you know you’re breaking the law right?”. He blistered and denied it. They break the law everyday. Another rogue agency.
Thanks for posting those!
“Stiff penalties” for the ATF include:
1. A stern finger wagging
2. An admonishment not to get caught again
3. A pat on the back. Maybe two.
4. A promotion
The pics are OF TEXT already.
HER WORD MEANS ZERO.
Thank God you’re not my hero. You’re a coward you would never try.
‘Blood of Tyrants’ should be ‘Playin’ it Safe’.
When have you ever spilled blood, much less of tyrants? When would you ever spill blood of tyrants? They scare you too much.
“Intelligence” branch
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Preaching to the choir, but all the PA did was make it mainstream (despite continued ignorance by many).
Still, it’s good to keep it out there with that Sundance series.
I read part 3 last night.
Agreed: Well written.
I don’t think bravery is the issue here, not now at least.
Normally I would say fight and resist, but we need to FFLs and Gun Stores to remain open and operating.
We need to continue with arming ourselves (and plenty of ammo) and we need gunsmiths too.
If the FFL holders began fighting with the Jack Booted Thugs, they’ll simple close them down. All transactions stop, all repairs are stuck in the store, no ammo sales.
No is not the time to cut off our noses despite our face.
We need food, medicines, guns, and ammo. Those are high priority.
We can surely expect things to get worse with our relationships with the various Feds. But to get what we want or need, we need to use good judgement.
ATF POLICY is to shut down small gun dealers, especially the low volume ones (guys who just have the FFL to own LE machine guns)
But if you lie to them you go to prison.
Happened to catch this on Glenn Beck yesterday. They will be pursuing that angle through the state AG. Since I don't listen to Beck generally, I won't catch the follow up.
What letter agency doesn’t lie to us as SOP?
= = =
Their SOP is now Standard Lying Operating Procedure, SLOP.
There are no limits to tyranny...
There is no end in sight!
The ATF needs to go. NOW!
This all sounds so familiar.
The following is based on ARMED CITIZENS, CITIZEN ARMIES: TOWARD A JURISPRUDENCE OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT by David T. Hardy found at http://www.guncite.com/journals/hardcit.html#fn*
... The king, Charles I, was forced from London early on because of fears for his families safety and well-being, but remained king.
As one might imagine, the populace was split over who they supported. More commoners sided with Parliament against the Royalists favored by Rome. In an effort to prevent those commoners who disagreed with his royal point of view from taking action against him, Charles tried to confiscate their weapons. He was not successful...
Then, Parliament, too, started having second thoughts about their position. A society that had so many armed citizens started to make them, and their gentry benefactors, nervous. Intent on gaining control of the Militia and downsizing the standing army, Parliament passed the Militia Ordinance.
Shortly afterwards, government was taken over by the military and a new Parliament, a Rump Parliament, was installed.
They promptly rescinded the Militia Ordinance...
Much like our political leaders who refuse to yield to the American people on illegal immigration issues, the Parliament tried again to enact a similar bill to the Militia Ordinance in 1654.
In 1654, Oliver Cromwell emerged as the Lord Protector of England. He dissolved, then resurrected Parliament, then dissolved it again in order to turn England into military districts, each under the control of an Army general who instituted political surveillance and censorship.
The Rump Parliament, or rather what was left of it, was recalled in 1659, after Cromwell’s death.
Shortly thereafter they ordered an accounting from London householders that required them to report to the government how many, and the names of, persons staying in their homes. If weapons were kept, to list them and the ammunition. They also empowered government officials to confiscate those weapons and ammunition.
These tumultuous times in England had a direct bearing on how and why our Founders set the foundation for our political freedom.
Within a week of ordering the list of people and weapons in and around London to be drawn up, the officials administering that statute were given the power to...
…search for and seize all arms, in the custody and possession of any popish recusant, or other person that hath been in arms against the Parliament, or that have adhered to the enemies thereof, or any other person whom the Commissioners shall judge dangerous to the peace of this Commonwealth…
From that statute, came the fear of maintaining a standing army the American colonists inherited. The army they knew was used, not in the defense of the Realm, but to force the citizenry into submission
The dealer should not have allowed access
If the FFL holders began fighting with the Jack Booted Thugs, they’ll simple close them down. All transactions stop, all repairs are stuck in the store, no ammo sales.
This discussion has been going on for several decades now, and the ATF has been baiting the RKBA community with the same nonsense at least since the Clinton administration. The libertarian streak that runs through the RKBA community always provokes a reflexive outrage, but the fact remains that, like it or not, the Feds and in many places, the local authorities hold the cards. The ATF would LOVE IT if an FFL cracked and tried to "arrest" an agent "in the performance of her duties". Their reaction would make their outrageous treatment of the January 6 protesters look like a sunday picnic.
Going rogue, with one individual making a physical stand against the concentrated power of the federal government in the current environment simply goes nowhere good. There might be a civil claim eventually with these sorts of transgressions, though finding a court to allow "standing" would be difficult, and certainly there's a political demand to be made of the elected Republicans.
The Republican congressional delegation needs to feel the pressure, it can't be business as usual from here on out.
Trying to go it alone will just lead to the RKBA movement being picked off, one FFL at a time.
Thank you
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