California Gun Store Owner Thwarts ATF Raid

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California Gun Store Owner Thwarts ATF Raid to Take the Names of 5,000 Customers Who Bought AR-15 Lowers
By Jonathan S.
In Oceanside, California, a gun shop was able to halt a federal raid that would have confiscated their computers and the privacy of their customers. Thanks to this shop owner standing up for the 2nd and 4th amendment rights of his customers, the ATF will have to forget about raiding this gun shop, at least for now.
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[Rocketgeezer]

Bet he has trouble when he trys to renew his FFL ???????????

 

[JCliff]

This will be interesting to watch. Good on this store owner for resisting this intrusion. I think either way the court ruling goes on this, Rocketgeezer is probably correct. They just won't renew his FFL. Very difficult to appeal a federal bureaucratic decision. Could take years and big bucks of legal wrangling to prevail.

 

[bofh]

Here is the TTAG story with the content of the restraining order affidavit: Ares Armor Holds Off ATF Raid - For Now | The Truth About Guns.

 

[nogods]

Not a 2A case - solely a 4th case.

 

[CharlesMorrison]

Not a 2A case - solely a 4th case.

I beg to differ....
You and I know that as soon as the "law" got their hands on the records, they would then target the owners for either future or possibly even immediately confiscation of the "scary black rifles"...
To me, that involves the 2A..

Just sayin...... Ya know?

Sent from behind Enemy Lines.

 

[S&W645]

Sounds like an agent gone rogue. Maybe even under orders from higher ups, a la the IRS scandal.

 

[r1derbike]

Sounds like an agent gone rogue. Maybe even under orders from higher ups, a la the IRS scandal.

a la the C.I.C. scandals...

 

[BluesStringer]

Sounds like an agent gone rogue. Maybe even under orders from higher ups, a la the IRS scandal.

Kinda like when David Keene went rogue and told a nationally televised breakfast meeting that people who install a Slide Fire Stock on their black rifles are felons and should be prosecuted.

It often seems we're being squeezed both ends from the middle, but no doubt, the ATF has more power that it's willing to wield than the N R A, so they are decidedly more dangerous. I hope Ares gets through this intact, but can't say I'm optimistic about it, nor can I say I'm optimistic about them getting help from the one .org that it should be a given would come to their aid in their time of need.

Blues

 

[Eidolon]

If I was this guy I'd be wiping the hard drives on all my computers and moving my bound book off site

 

[JCliff]

If I was this guy I'd be wiping the hard drives on all my computers and moving my bound book off site

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Not a lawyer, but I definitely would not advise this. That could earn him an obstruction of justice charge, among others, if he does not prevail in his current court case. If he wins, then he can do exactly that.