I suggest that readers beg, borrow, steal, possibly even buy the 2 August, 2004 issue of Shot Gun News. Having obtained a copy, read starting at page 52, the article headlined Time To Protect War Trophies. In this regard, H.R. 3807 is mentioned. You might check it out, try thomas.loc.gov, and contact your congress critters, or should you prefer, your "elected things".
While the goal of protecting war trophies is of obvious import, I submit that even more important is the following. That significant and in my view, quite serious problems continue to exist with the ATF or as they are nowadays known the BATFE. Neither 9/11 nor anything else make acceptable, the bureaucratic bullying of the innocent, as seems to have taken place in this instance, and while nobody was physically injured, this has not always been the case, remember Kenyon Ballew, with respect to the antics of ATF. There is simply no excuse for the tactics described, as the line between mere bureaucratic impropriety and criminal acts might well have been crossed here, by government agents, or have the peoples employees, government agents are the people's employees aren't they, somehow gained immunity from the consequences of their actions.
The antics described in the article might pass muster, the smell test or such other examination as one might be inclined to use, in some Third World Dictatorship, but as I see it, there is no way in hell that anything remotely akin to what was described should ever become accepted in this country, for if it does, then the terrorists have won. By the way, I note, in conclusion, that not all terrorists are of Middle Eastern origin, any number of them are likely American born and raised, and work for us. Ultimately, do not government employees work for the people of this country, and do we, the employers, really have to piut up with such questionable actions?
While the goal of protecting war trophies is of obvious import, I submit that even more important is the following. That significant and in my view, quite serious problems continue to exist with the ATF or as they are nowadays known the BATFE. Neither 9/11 nor anything else make acceptable, the bureaucratic bullying of the innocent, as seems to have taken place in this instance, and while nobody was physically injured, this has not always been the case, remember Kenyon Ballew, with respect to the antics of ATF. There is simply no excuse for the tactics described, as the line between mere bureaucratic impropriety and criminal acts might well have been crossed here, by government agents, or have the peoples employees, government agents are the people's employees aren't they, somehow gained immunity from the consequences of their actions.
The antics described in the article might pass muster, the smell test or such other examination as one might be inclined to use, in some Third World Dictatorship, but as I see it, there is no way in hell that anything remotely akin to what was described should ever become accepted in this country, for if it does, then the terrorists have won. By the way, I note, in conclusion, that not all terrorists are of Middle Eastern origin, any number of them are likely American born and raised, and work for us. Ultimately, do not government employees work for the people of this country, and do we, the employers, really have to piut up with such questionable actions?