ATF visits gun owners on border states
I’d heard various talk of this on various gun boards and such but didn’t put much into it. Now, NRA is reporting:
NRA-ILA has recently received several calls from NRA members in border states who have been visited or called by agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. In some cases, agents have asked to enter these people’s homes, and requested serial numbers of all firearms the members possess.
In each case, the agents were making inquiries based on the number of firearms these NRA members had recently bought, and in some cases the agents said they were asking because the members had bought types of guns that are frequently recovered in Mexico.
Looks like they’re chasing down folks through ATF Form 3310.4. NRA’s ILA is asking you to call them if you are contact in such a way.
June 22nd, 2009 at 12:23 pm
Happened to a friend. He was polite, told the ATF guy nothing, and the ATF guy eventually left. According to the friend, the agent seemed embarrassed at having to do this stuff, and was quite apologetic.