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Originally posted by FrayAdjacent911
Pat, I really think the ATFE has it's own agenda... They like to interpret the laws on their own.
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It's that, but much worse. William Vizard's 1997 book,
In the Cross Fire : A Political History of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms details the long, corrupt history of the BATFAE*, and explains why they are what they are. As a former BATFAE agent, he glosses over certain events, the federal government murders of the Branch Davidians for example, but it's worth a read. Vizard was, and probably still is, the only agent from that sorry organization to earn a PHD while serving. He's a professor these day, in northern California.
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Read about a board member on a firearm board I get on, who was making Ar15 parts and receivers. Completely legal... but the ATF arrested him and seized his equipment based on 'constructive intent'...
... basically, he COULD make 'machineguns' with his equipment, so he MUST BE MAKING THEM! Let's arrest him and throw him in prison!
That, and the ATFE harassing people in Virginia last year after they purchased firearms at a gunshow.
The ATFE needs to be reigned in and spanked a little.
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In reality, I don't know wha should be done with these government thugs; examine all of them, retrain the few that can be retrained, and permanently jail the rest.
*Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Arson, and Explosives.