When he walked in I thought he was an investigator from one of the local jursidictions. Plain clothes with side holster & ammo pouch. He waited until I finished up with a customer. I asked what I could help him with (thinking it involved something stolen he was looking for). But no, he was an FBI agent out of Fayetteville (AR). He handed me this
and said he was going to all the gun and pawn shops in the area. As I remember our conversation, he said this effort originated from the wealth of information taken from the Bin Laden compound. Not that he had seen any of those documents, just that this alert was being passed down to his office.
So I scan through his document.
I was somewhat at a loss as to what to say. I mentioned that I was familiar with the ATF's "Don't Lie for the Other Guy" program, which is also geared to about the same mentality (didn't say that though).
He seemed a bit embarassed about being there, I expect he would rather have been doing something else but he was probably the most junior member of the office (he looked about 25) and thus got the assingnment.
So, is this a nationwide effort on the part of the feds or have said terrorists decided northern Arkansas is the best place to purchase their firearms?
Jim