Congress Told of ATF Seizures, Threats to Gun Buyers

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(CNSNews.com) - 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 public Wednesday. Witnesses also testified that African-American and female gun buyers in Richmond, Va., and Pittsburgh, Pa., were profiled based on their race or sex and some in Pittsburgh were threatened with arrest by ATF agents for alleged actions that are not violations of law.
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The rest of a good story:
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewSpecialReports.asp?Page=\SpecialReports\archive\200602\SPE20060217a.html
 
Rep. Tom Feeney (R-Fla.) expressed curiosity that federal law enforcement officers would not know that the actions described by White and McComas violate federal statutes.

"Did anybody mention that it is a federal crime to deny women or minorities their civil rights?" Feeney asked. "Did anybody mention to the ATF that denying civil rights, including the right to bear arms, is a federal crime?"
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I like this quote from the above story.
 
Edited by Rich Lucibella.
Reason: The lead-in and link to the full text article were provided in the first post. No need to repeat it verbatim here....had the originator wished to do that, he would have.
Rich
 
Here's a direct link to the U.S. House of Representatives Oversight Hearing of "The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) Part l: Gun Show Enforcement." where you can watch the hearing and testimony.

Dex
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I suspect that most if not every member of The Congress (House and Senate) has long been aware of the antics of the ATF. Last week's House hearings amount to little more than another helping of gravy, in-so-far as information goes. Fact is that while The Congress is and has been aware of what "their children" are doing, Congressional Oversight has become another of those OXYMORONS, unfortunately akin to JUMBO SHRIMP.

Additionally, it appears that congressional leaders, the people who actually could bring real pressure to bear on this agency, the ATF, have seemingly chosen to do pretty much nothing, which ladies and gentleman, leads to a situation where The Band Plays On, and will keep doing just that until such time as a hellish amount of The People opt to really raise cain with their elected things.

Subsequent to the hearings, JPFO (jpfo.org) sent out an e-mail alert containing links to audio and vidio of the hearings. Prospective viewers/listeners might have to obtain Real Player, which depending on the speed of your Internet connection could take perhaps an hour, as I recall. There are both pay and free versions of Real Player available for downloading. Go to the following site. real.com to download, and stay on the right hand side of the screens that come up to download the free version.

Enjoy.
 
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