Old Dog
Member
This is gun-related because (presumably) every one of our members is a law-abiding citizen striving to buy (or sell) firearms legally. But what happens with the firearms seized by the agency responsible for enforcing federal firearms laws?
While following the spirited discussion after one of our members had a problem with a 4473 snafu, I noted the attached article. Entertaining to say the least. We had one of our resident FFL holders staunchly defending the federal agency and its right to pursue felony charges to a law-abiding citizen for "willfully lying" on a 4473 because the individual didn't catch the misspelling of his address on the form.
So, there's this:
https://reason.com/2022/10/31/atf-e...ousands-of-firearms-firearm-parts-to-thieves/
A snippet: "The DOJ Office of the Inspector General (OIG) undertook this audit following the discovery that thousands of firearms, firearm parts, and ammunition had been stolen from NFAD from 2016 to 2019."
So, for three years, the agency that enforces every petty and intrusive federal regulation regarding firearms (as well as alcohol, tobacco, and explosives) let its own security personnel ("a DHS contract security guard was convicted in connection with these thefts") pilfer its inventory"
So the government can go after citizens for typographical errors (and dealers for not catching the errors) which clearly are not made in attempts to deceive or otherwise illegally purchase a firearm, but when the government confiscates firearms, it cannot keep them secured. Hmm.
While following the spirited discussion after one of our members had a problem with a 4473 snafu, I noted the attached article. Entertaining to say the least. We had one of our resident FFL holders staunchly defending the federal agency and its right to pursue felony charges to a law-abiding citizen for "willfully lying" on a 4473 because the individual didn't catch the misspelling of his address on the form.
So, there's this:
https://reason.com/2022/10/31/atf-e...ousands-of-firearms-firearm-parts-to-thieves/
A snippet: "The DOJ Office of the Inspector General (OIG) undertook this audit following the discovery that thousands of firearms, firearm parts, and ammunition had been stolen from NFAD from 2016 to 2019."
So, for three years, the agency that enforces every petty and intrusive federal regulation regarding firearms (as well as alcohol, tobacco, and explosives) let its own security personnel ("a DHS contract security guard was convicted in connection with these thefts") pilfer its inventory"
So the government can go after citizens for typographical errors (and dealers for not catching the errors) which clearly are not made in attempts to deceive or otherwise illegally purchase a firearm, but when the government confiscates firearms, it cannot keep them secured. Hmm.
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