Making a gun legal then illegal

The changes to NICS access isn’t that frightening. However, why maintain a database of those who have been denied? I mean, it’s not like ATF pursues those people in the first place.

Not much will happen. But ATF is set to appear before congress to address their botched storefront operations.

The ATF loses more guns than any other agency

Inquiring minds want to know.

ATF sends a man deep undercover. Then he’s found out. So, ATF does not protect him and tries to frame him for arson. They also performed illegal surveillance on him. A special agent in charge calls ATF embarrassing.

Correspondence from ATF citing they cannot comply because of the Tiahrt amendment. Pasted below fold because subguns.com links are temporary.

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Into ATF shenanigans. It’s been investigated for a while with no results. And the press keeps lying about it being a “botched” operation.

Provisions historically in ATF funding to protect gun owners are being stripped. Is the administration is looking at creating a registry?

Remember the Akins Accelerator? It was a spring loaded bump fire stock that mimicked full auto. Well, ATF said the non-working version they tested was not an NFA weapon. It didn’t work because tech branch couldn’t figure it out, supposedly. Now, the stock sans spring could probably be used for bumpfire, which is basically what Slidefire did. And ATF signed off on it. So, I wonder what will happen here (go to about 1:15):

By pressing forward, you are actuating the trigger with each pull, I suppose. But I’m figuring ATF may get curious about it.

Heh

One of the guns turned up in a shootout between authorities and cartel gunmen. The press keeps calling fast and furious a “botched” operation. It was not botched, it worked as planned.

The ATF seems to have a lot of those. Isolated incidents, I’m sure.

For their tendency to exploit the mentally disabled.

There’s a whole lot of WTF going on here:

Aaron Key wasn’t sure he wanted a tattoo on his neck. Especially one of a giant squid smoking a joint.

But the guys running Squid’s Smoke Shop in Portland, Ore., convinced him: It would be a perfect way to promote their store.

They would even pay him and a friend $150 apiece if they agreed to turn their bodies into walking billboards.

Key, who is mentally disabled, was swayed.

He and his friend, Marquis Glover, liked Squid’s. It was their hangout. The 19-year-olds spent many afternoons there playing Xbox and chatting with the owner, “Squid,” and the store clerks.

So they took the money and got the ink etched on their necks, tentacles creeping down to their collarbones.

It would be months before the young men learned the whole thing was a setup. The guys running Squid’s were actually undercover ATF agents conducting a sting to get guns away from criminals and drugs off the street.

The tattoos had been sponsored by the U.S. government; advertisements for a fake storefront.

The teens found out as they were arrested and booked into jail.

And why are they in the stop drugs business?

Robb is getting the word out with a sample letter.

Joe as well.

You can comment here.

This time, for embezzlement.

Obama admin and ATF are looking into new regulations regarding reporting lost or stolen guns:

The ATF would not comment on the draft rule, since it has not yet been released to the public, but a description provided by the White House asserts that it would target cases where guns go missing “in transit.”

So, guns transported on airlines? Not sure.

Brian Terry’s family’s lawsuit has been dismissed.

Judge Rejects Immediate Appeal in Fast and Furious Document Case

ATF prints 3D gun and it blows up on them.

Yes, it seems the employees of the agency have low morale and a deep distrust of management, no doubt due to all the scandals. So, they decide to waste tax payer money:

According to information obtained by Townhall, the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms will soon be opening up a store inside ATF Headquarters in Washington D.C. in an effort to boost morale.

“Currently the Office of the Director is in the process of coordinating the opening of an ATF store, which will be located in ATF HQ. The mission of the store is to serve current and former employees of ATF, Task Force Officers, and family members by promoting the general welfare and morale of the employees of ATF by providing, encouraging and supporting social, educational, and recreational activities of interest to its employees. In the coming weeks, more information will follow about the ATF HQ store,” ATF Chief of Strategic Management (OSM) Ron Humphries wrote in an email to employees on October 28, 2013.

Government at work.

Via MSJ

Seen at Sebastian’s, they really try to pin fast and furious on lack of funding.

Also, Joe fixed it for you.

Reports a poster at subguns. There’s no reason these shouldn’t be more than a NICS check.

ATF smuggling cigarettes to fight cigarette smuggling. That sounds familiar.

Grenades used to kill police linked to ATF operation. I’m sure those grenades came from US gun shows, right?

The have a training manual that says so.. Oh, gosh, that is so funny I didn’t laugh. At all.

And who says they’re “hostile” to whistle-blowers?

The shutdown has halted NFA transfers.

Herschel has a different take: The ATF isn’t competent enough to pull it off.

The Spite House takes out more of its petty hatred to political enemies by shutting down the electronic forms section of the ATF site. Because, you know, leaving it in place costs more than paying some one to take it down. I suppose someone will really respond to emails, right:

eForms Outage

Due to the lapse in appropriation of federal funds, the e-Forms system is temporarily suspended until further notice.
We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you in advance for your cooperation and patience.
ASSISTANCE:
Please direct questions to the OST Customer Support Help Desk at 1-877-875-3723 or Helpdesk-OSTCS@atf.gov.

ATF is trying to block a whistle-blower from publishing a book that details Fast and Furious.