ATF agents pressured sellers to turn over their customer information.
BY PGF
2 years, 4 months ago
This article is not about Force Reset Triggers. You should read it for the intelligence value to understand how ATF is running ops against America.
One of these agents spoke to AmmoLand News on a condition of anonymity, giving the gun community an insight into the ATF’s actions.
The Special Agents do not have discretion whether to contact the buyer or not. The order from ATF HQ demanded the field offices act. The ATF Special Agents are instructed to persuade the owner to turn over the triggers. While some agents are honest with gun owners and even give them a couple of days to decide what to do with the triggers, others have lied to the target. Law enforcement officers are not under any obligation, to be honest.
There’s also a degree of speculation in the article. Parse it yourself.
And separately, the legality of ATF’s “Knock and Talk” is being questioned.
US Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) has demanded to see legal justification for the growing number of ‘knock and talk’ visits to lawful gun owners by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF).
In a letter written Tuesday to Attorney General Merrick Garland and reported on by Breitbart, Ernst laid out eight questions about the program, which according to Garland is aimed at uncovering ‘straw purchases’ – cases in which a person legally barred from buying a gun uses someone with a clean record to purchase it for them.
Ernst asked Garland what constituted probable cause for these visits and whether agents sought a warrant before turning up on the target’s doorstep, expressing concern about what procedures were in place to protect their Fourth Amendment right against unwarranted search and seizure. She also questioned whether any guidelines existed for what time of day agents could conduct their inquiries and whether they were required to wear uniforms identifying them as ATF.
On August 25, 2022 at 8:52 am, Latigo Morgan said:
If they are knocking at your door, it’s because they already have evidence you bought one. It isn’t because they don’t know if you bought one and are just asking nicely to see if you did.
If you lie to them, you just gave them a reason to get a warrant and come back to kill your dog, toss your house, and set you up for 10 yrs in the fed slammer.
On August 25, 2022 at 3:26 pm, Rick said:
I will not trust any government law enforcement agent who does not provide their identity. But that is simply an additional reason to not trust any government law enforcement agent.
This applies even when they are saying what you want to hear (that which favors your side).
Yes, the ‘knock and talk’ is a perjury trap. They continue to use that technique because it works very well. People icannot remain silent. Even of those who endeavor to remain silent, most will succumb to a bit of well practiced manipulation.