Blackfork
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And yet another ATF audit...Enough is Enough!
On Tuesday we received another visit from the ATF; there were 4 ATF employees (3 of which were from out of state) which consisted of an Area Supervisor, an Inspector and 2 Investigators. I must admit that they were very cordial and polite.
During the visit which lasted from about 9:30am-3pm, we got upwards of 79 US Department of Justice hits on our website (ATF serves under the DOJ, so there IP addresses come up as DOJ). One visitor sat on my website for nearly 4 hours and 2 others sat there for over 5 hours. 8 Different IP Addresses visited our website in total today.
I did not blog about our visit while they were here, alert the media, video tape or photograph them; which was the previous agreement that we made with them before the US Attorney reneged on the agreement...twice. I did however alert our Congressional Delegates and our Sheriff, who has repeatedly asked that the ATF alert him when they are conducting investigations and audits.
Although I appreciate the ATF being courteous while they were here, I am still offended at the waste of taxpayers money to try and find SOMETHING...ANYTHING! In the mean time this has gone on for over 2 years now, cost us $115,000 in attorney fees with no court date in sight, involved 7 Inspectors, 2 Investigators, an Area Supervisor and a Special Agent. This has cost tax payers hundreds of thousand of dollars to try and shut us down for .4% that they contend are willful. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!! I ask everyone to contact the US Department of Justice; Office of the Inspector General and click on the button that states "REPORT WASTE, FRAUD OR ABUSE". This is YOUR money that is being wasted and these are YOUR freedoms that are ultimately being destroyed by the ATF's agenda of shutting down gun dealers.
Posted by redstradingpost at 3:39 PM
On Tuesday we received another visit from the ATF; there were 4 ATF employees (3 of which were from out of state) which consisted of an Area Supervisor, an Inspector and 2 Investigators. I must admit that they were very cordial and polite.
During the visit which lasted from about 9:30am-3pm, we got upwards of 79 US Department of Justice hits on our website (ATF serves under the DOJ, so there IP addresses come up as DOJ). One visitor sat on my website for nearly 4 hours and 2 others sat there for over 5 hours. 8 Different IP Addresses visited our website in total today.
I did not blog about our visit while they were here, alert the media, video tape or photograph them; which was the previous agreement that we made with them before the US Attorney reneged on the agreement...twice. I did however alert our Congressional Delegates and our Sheriff, who has repeatedly asked that the ATF alert him when they are conducting investigations and audits.
Although I appreciate the ATF being courteous while they were here, I am still offended at the waste of taxpayers money to try and find SOMETHING...ANYTHING! In the mean time this has gone on for over 2 years now, cost us $115,000 in attorney fees with no court date in sight, involved 7 Inspectors, 2 Investigators, an Area Supervisor and a Special Agent. This has cost tax payers hundreds of thousand of dollars to try and shut us down for .4% that they contend are willful. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!! I ask everyone to contact the US Department of Justice; Office of the Inspector General and click on the button that states "REPORT WASTE, FRAUD OR ABUSE". This is YOUR money that is being wasted and these are YOUR freedoms that are ultimately being destroyed by the ATF's agenda of shutting down gun dealers.
Posted by redstradingpost at 3:39 PM
