Senior ATF officials must have noticed Joe Biden’s shockingly low poll numbers and realized that their war against law-abiding American gun owners will soon be lost.
Now, the ATF is taking steps to clean house as much as possible and get rid of any proof that they violated the civil rights of millions of Americans, before they’re hauled in front of congressional committees to answer for their rampant misconduct.
After years of waiting, the ATF suddenly responded to two Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests from the Second Amendment Foundation. However, neither response satisfies the requirements of FOIA.
The first FOIA request was filed nearly three years ago after Joe Biden announced his war on “rogue gun dealers.” This request sought records concerning gun dealers who were prosecuted for either transferring a firearm to a prohibited person or failing to comply with an ATF tracing request from 2018 to 2021 – before Biden launched his unconstitutional war. ATF responded with seven pages of photocopied gibberish, which is so devoid of content and context it is unusable.
The second FOIA request was filed two years ago – just a toddler by ATF standards. It sought copies of all internal ATF emails related to the first FOIA request. The ATF claims it posted a response on an online secure document portal. However, for some reason the portal suddenly stopped working, but only for this request. It worked perfectly for the first. As a result, there’s no way to access the documents ATF claims it sent, or to verify that anything was even sent. Of course, calls to ATF’s FOIA public liaison were never returned.
Takeaways
The ATF is allegedly a federal law enforcement agency. The Freedom of Information Act is federal law. By their shoddy responses, coupled with years of delays, the ATF clearly violated federal law. At any legitimate law enforcement agency, such actions would result in demotions, firings or even criminal charges. At ATF, who knows.
It’s not difficult to see that there is a growing sense of unease and nervousness within ATF’s upper echelons as Biden’s prospects for a second term appear more unlikely every day. These officials should be nervous. ATF’s crimes are legion. Only a Nuremberg-type trial with ATF’s shot-callers sitting in the dock minus their belts and shoelaces will come close to making up for what they did to this country at Biden’s behest.
The Biden-Harris administration weaponized ATF right from the start and the ATF never balked. One of their first goals was to criminalize possession of commonly owned firearms and firearm accessories, in order to turn millions of law-abiding Americans into felons who are unable to vote. Fortunately, the courts intervened, but their attempt to disenfranchise millions of pro-gun voters is hard to forget or forgive.
Change is coming. Soon, the law abiding will be back in charge, and ATF will be held accountable for their crimes, especially what they did to a 13-year-old boy in rural Oklahoma, who watched in horror as an ATF SWAT team pointed machineguns at his dad, who they then handcuffed, threatened and screamed at for more than an hour, until he “voluntarily” surrendered his Federal Firearm License.
Someone needs to answer for what this young man and so many others went through, all because ATF officials ignored their oath of office and obediently followed Joe Biden’s illegal orders.
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About Lee Williams
Lee Williams, who is also known as “The Gun Writer,” is the chief editor of the Second Amendment Foundation’s Investigative Journalism Project. Until recently, he was also an editor for a daily newspaper in Florida. Before becoming an editor, Lee was an investigative reporter at newspapers in three states and a U.S. Territory. Before becoming a journalist, he worked as a police officer. Before becoming a cop, Lee served in the Army. He’s earned more than a dozen national journalism awards as a reporter, and three medals of valor as a cop. Lee is an avid tactical shooter.
can they, batfe agency and/or officials, be charged under the RICO Act, (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations act? they are as corrupt and lawlessness as any criminal organization. they lie, steal, coerce, threaten, extort and even kill people.
Wait, the ATF BROKE THE LAW??? Ok, let’s make all ATF agents fill out twenty thousand forms per month in order to be able to use a computer, phone or any electronic device. They must be filled out in triplicate and submitted in person to the American Citizens Constitutional office during business hours. No address for this office will be given. Business hours are 10 am to 2 pm. (Note: morning break is from 10-11, 11-noon is staff meetings, noon -1 pm is lunch break and afternoon coffee break is 1pm -2pm. But good luck to ATF applicants.) If there… Read more »
Since when has the atf ever followed the law, much less CONSTITUTIONAL LAW? The atf is a bunch of treasonous, tyrannical, murderers, thieves, looters, pillagers, in short, godless communists. They should ALL be arrested, charged, held without bail, imprisoned, given tar and feathers for clothing and when convicted of any of the above mentioned crimes, given the maximum legal penalty which includes capitol punishment. The day is going to come when, should the courts and righteous L.E. continue to fail in their duties, the American citizen will do it for them. I still remember Waco, Ruby Ridge and nearly a… Read more »
I haven’t been out here all day. So, here is another tidbit for all you panties in a bunch crowed to downvote. I don’t want your day to be disappointing and figured this would make you feel better.
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Trump 2024
BATFE are like the dirtbag husband who has been abusing his Wife for decades, b8t somehow always managed to pull on a thin veneer of propriety just as SHE is getting fed up with his antics one more time. What is happening now is she wants to file for divorce, so he’s realising he needs to pretend he’s a goood and faithful man. He is SO crooked and dirty, however, he cant even get THAT game on straight. She really does not want to go through the hassle, insults, misery, of filing and persuing the divorce, but she is slowly… Read more »
AFT = American terrorist federation .
In the words of Led Zepplin to the ATF. “your time is gonna come”.
DEFUND!
Maybe Patriots need to “ATF” the ATF, Little Rock style.
If 2A rights are civil rights, you can’t claim someone who extra-judicially banned bumpstocks is law abiding, regardless of your thoughts on other election, etc., matters. I wish many 2A commentators would be less LaPierre-esque in their openness to portions of our rights being sold out.