Michael Silence emails a presser from Coalition to Stop Gun Ownership err Violence on the recent ATF hearings: These hearings were supposed to get to the bottom of claims that BATFE agents and local police violated the civil rights of law-abiding gun purchasers, particularly at a series of gun shows in Richmond, Virginia, over the […]

Looks like the House judiciary committee is having more hearings on ATF abuses in Richmond.

Bitter notes: Bob Ricker, the main employee of American Hunters and Shooters Association, was at a conference recently arguing that every young female who purchases guns legally should raise a red flag as being a criminal subject to federal prosecution and 10 years in prison. That exact reason (and racism, apparently) is why the ATF […]

Times Dispatch writes: Federal agents made mistakes while searching for illegal firearm sales at Richmond gun shows, a top federal law enforcement officer told congressional investigators yesterday. But the official also defended aggressive gun-show patrols conducted by Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents and local police, saying that they had prevented violent criminals […]

CNSnews has a lot more. Read it all and be amazed. Some tidbits: Agents of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), allegedly acting without warrants or legislative authority to do so, seized firearms from at least 50 gun show patrons in Virginia according to congressional testimony and an agency document made […]

First, kudos to the TimesDispatch for being the first media outlet I’ve seen actually run the story. But a wag of the finger to them for putting all the allegedly illegal actions of the ATF at the bottom of the story without mentioning that it was, you know, potentially illegal. Some snippets: The organizer of […]

Randall Nunn points out that the investigations into alleged lawbreaking by the ATF at VA gun shows has gone unreported in the press: hearings are scheduled in Congress this month to examine a pattern of apparent wrongdoing by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives at a number of Richmond, Virginia area gun shows. […]

In what is turning out to be stellar last few months for the ATF in terms of getting slapped around, comes the latest. Now, a circuit court has ruled that the ATF is full of crap with respect to its desire to regulate the engines used in hobby rocketry: The problem in this case is […]

Not a good year for the ATF. An agent testified in court that the NFRTR (registry of NFA weapons) was deficient; they are currently experiencing significant budget troubles, attributable to bad management; now, they’re about to be investigated for breaking the law at Richmond, VA gun shows: On February 15, at 4:00 p.m., the U.S. […]

CNS News is reporting that the owner of the gun show that was the target of illegal residency checks may file a civil suit: The owner of a gun show targeted by federal law enforcement for a half dozen undercover enforcement operations may join with some of his customers in filing a federal class action […]

CNS has done a follow up to their piece on the ATF doing illegal residency checks after a gun show: According to a four page undated memo written by Virginia State Police (VSP) Capt. Robert G. Kemmler and obtained in a Freedom of Information Act request (FOIA), the law enforcement activities at the Showmasters gun […]

I linked before to the story about the Richmond police, ATF and VA State Police conducting illegal residency checks, in which they allegedly told family members and neighbors that folks were buying guns. I was skeptical until CNSNews picked up on it. Now, Ravenwood links to the smoking gun. Someone got some info through a […]

Times Dispatch: Three men wearing ski masks burst through the back door and into the kitchen. The first man drew a gun and ordered Travis Rappold, 21, his girlfriend Amanda Searle, 18, and their three friends to lie down. Enter Rock, Rappold’s 75-pound pit bull. The dog jumped up from his seat at his master’s […]

The correct way to say it would be nine out of ten Richmond area residents don’t know anything about gun laws. However, what they really say is: Nine out of 10 Richmond-area residents support a proposed law that would close the so-called “gun-show loophole,” a newly released crime-and-safety survey shows. The loophole allows unlicensed gun […]

I’ve said it before: A female pit bull is found near death – no food or water, too weak to walk, chained to a tree in the back yard of a James City County house that her owner had moved away from. An emaciated pit bull is found frozen to death outside a Hampton home. […]

Since Smijer’s anti-boortz blog, I have been reading Boortz off and on. Boortz identifies and eminent domain abuse: Today on the Boortz show another story of eminent domain abuse. This one is from St. Louis where the Richmond Heights city council has decided that the “public good” demands that it seize the property of a […]

I’ve addressed dogs and insurance before (click here to peruse my Pet archives), but here’s the latest (via Unknown News): Virginia homeowner Steve Wells received a nasty shock in the mail recently. His insurance company, Augusta Mutual Insurance Company, has informed him that they are going to cancel his homeowners insurance because they don’t like […]

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