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— Mark Walters (@aarmark) July 27, 2023
Category: ATF
Hunter Biden Plea Deal Implosion Puts New FOIA on Indefinite Hold

After all, the first FOIA request was initially balked at by questioning my qualifications as a journalist, then claiming no records could be found, then saying they withdrew that, and finally declaring they shouldn’t have responded at all because Biden’s privacy interests made the requested documents none of the public’s business. Now they’re saying they can’t answer the second FOIA request because of “ongoing litigation.” [More]
ATF has more excuses than Joliet Jake.
Toy Story
Investigators say the “AR-15 style rifle” used during the home invasion was an “Airsoft” rifle, which are considered toys that fire non-lethal projectiles. [More]
Don’t tell us. Tell Kelvin Crenshaw.
[Via bondmen]
Hunter Punter
Hunter Biden’s plea deal fell apart during his first court appearance Wednesday morning as he pleaded “not guilty” and federal prosecutors confirmed the president’s son is still under federal investigation. [More]
ATF just denied my latest FOIA request on the grounds that there’s an ongoing investigation. I’m looking into options, but this will no doubt delay things further, perhaps indefinitley, and part of me wonders if that’s the plan.
Even this guy’s lawyers are crooked.
Taking Up a Collection
“They are monitoring this guy for doing what millions of other hobbyists do—selling part of their personal collection. That’s not a crime, but apparently ATF doesn’t like people turning over their guns at a high rate” … [More]
Tell that to John Shipley.
[Via bondmen]
Don’t Judge Them Until You’ve Goose-Stepped a Mile in Their Jackboots
ATF Intimidating Another Home-Based Gun Dealer to Surrender FFL [More]
Because zero tolerance!
I wonder if Special Agent Loving and DIO Carlson dreamed of growing up to become fascist punks when they were kids…
Coming to Terms
FPC AND FPCAF WIN: Fifth Circuit Denies Government Attempt to Reinstate ATF’s Redefinitions of “Frame or Receiver” and “Firearm” [More]
So what about the government’s ability to redefine bump stocks as machineguns and when will all this legal gobbledegook translate into getting my property back?
[Via Jess]
So Come on Down to Kapo Arms
ATF Has Zero Tolerance for Everything But Its Own Abusive Criminality

But forget mere errors. There’s real corruption and law-breaking… [More]
It’s like they’re too arrogant and stupid to realize there are no houses more fragile than glass ones.
The Big Chill
Bass Pro Shop’s Background Check Policy Raises Questions [More]
After seeing how Morehouse was retaliated against with a bend-and-spread-’em audit that had the goal of finding something, anything, to revoke its FFL, and noting the anal levels ATF stoops to over “Don’t Lie for the Other Guy” (enthusiastically partnered with by NSSF), over-cautiousness is inevitable, especially where corporate timidity over anything controversial is the rule.
We’re the Only Ones Flagging Enough
ATF Gets Roasted on Twitter for Posting Range Photo with Agent Breaking Gun Safety Rules [More]
These are the incompetents demanding zero tolerance for errors from FFLs.
[Via bondmen]
When Daywalkers Knock
We’re the Only Ones Tactical Enough
ATF agents wearing tactical gear and bearing AR-15s raided the Oklahoma home of Russell Fincher, a 52-year-old high school history teacher, “kitchen table” gun dealer, and Baptist minister. [More]
I understand Establishment Republicans have had problems with the term “jackbooted thugs”…?
On Reconsideration
Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before
“We estimate that about 70 percent of the guns that end up in Mexico are guns that come from the United States of America,” said Salazar. [More]
They’re counting on short memories.
That’s what happens when you’re confident your operations can abet killing people with impunity and the DSM will cover for you.
[Via Lane]
Unlawful Infringement
Biden loses ‘ghost gun’ case, ATF ban ‘unlawful’ [More]
This is by no means a done deal, but it does raise hopes for bump stocks and stabilizing braces, and for checks and balances.
[Via Jess]
Enemy Action
It would be hard to convince me that this is a normal routine inspection and not an effort at retribution by the Justice Department and their henchmen at BATFE. [More]
Biden’s DOJ puts the squeeze on an FFL who’s suing over bump stocks. The tyrannical pettiness reminds me of Red’s Trading Post.
So if it’s not happenstance and it’s not a coincidence, what does that leave us?
I became aware of this soon after I announced my slowdown. I was thinking of maybe doing an article, but I couldn’t do a better job than John Richardson has done, so why not just go read what he has to say?
Curses! Foiled Again!
A rare win: ATF fails to revoke New Jersey gun dealer’s federal firearm license [More]
As we’ve seen before in graphic detail, a few minor paperwork errors and they make a federal case out of it.
My question: Did lead attack dog John Curtis commit career suicide by ultimately not “just following orders”?
A ‘Pro-Gun’ Democrat
I hope everyone in West Virginia sees this for what it is….. Joe Manchin is NOT a supporter of the 2nd Amendment. And, assuming he truly believes what he is saying here, he is not very smart on the right to bear arms issue. If you allow ATF to redefine congressional statutes as they please and change course at will, then what’s to prevent ATF from later declaring via regulation that “semi-automatic rifles like AR-15s” are really really “machine guns” that need to be registered under the NFA. [More]
And there are still idiots ostensibly on “our side” out there saying the bump stock ban is “just about a stupid piece of plastic.”
Typically, the same bloviating morons who say “The Second Amendment GIVES us the right” and “Enforce existing gun laws”…