ATFE: Making the World Safe from Ninjas

From the comments...ATFE doing what they do best: Nothing! BTW, Here's a link to a Jack Booted Thug ready to make war on the Christians at Waco: http://www.wizardsofaz.com/waco/agent1.jpg

Anyone started making sure every Congresscritter taking part in the ATF Oversight hearings has received a copy of this article?

"When Ninja Attack" at http://loservillex.com/ninja.html

And I think that if you want to disagree with the policy of the government, disagree with it. If there is a single federal official -- there's nobody, including me, who has never felt that they were mistreated by somebody working for the government. So if somebody believes someone who is working for the government has mistreated them, take it to the appropriate authority, make it public if you want to, but be specific. But do not condemn people who work for the government. That's the kind of mentality that produced Oklahoma City.

At some point, an agency has such a long and consistent history that it becomes appropriate to condemn everyone who is part of it for the acts of some of its members. I believe the ATF has reached that point. Anyone remember the midnight raids in the '60s and '70s on active gun traders whom the ATF decided were unlicensed "dealers" because they had engaged in a certain (unpublished and undiscoverable) number of gun transactions during a certain (unpublished and undiscoverable) time period. Confiscation of their guns and felony charges were the rule. And earned the agency the label of "jack booted thugs" from that well known arch-conservative Senator Hubert Humphrey ;-)

Remember how they set up Randy Weaver because he wouldn't become an informer for them? That set off a chain of events which led to the ATF killing his wife and kid at Ruby Ridge. Remember Waco? Agency "suspicion" of gun law violations ended up killing 80+ people so the ATF could show the world how big a dick they had. What about the massive invasions of personal privacy organized by the ATF at the Richmond gun shows last fall, in direct violation of their enabling legislation? This photo of the "ninja" is just the latest in a litany of abuse by this agency that goes back decades.

I have written both of my Senators, urging them to see what they can do to encourage the most extreme discipline of the agents involved in this latest outrage - both the one kneeling on the neck of the victim and the ones standing around letting it happen. Such discipline should include financial penalties if possible, dismissal from federal service with loss of severance and pension benefits if possible, and personnel file flags to prevent any future government service. (In addition, I would hope that each of the agents involved in this fiasco can be personally sued into bankruptcy, although I suspect that is a vain hope.)

I have also urged my Senators to disband this agency in its entirety, in order to purge its crusading zeal from the government. The tax laws that the ATF enforces should be enforced the way other tax laws are enforced - by civilized agents without guns. Motor vehicle excise taxes are enforced by agents without guns. Federal income and estate taxes are enforced by agents without guns. There is no reason for tobacco and alcohol taxes to be enforced by agents with guns. And just because gun taxes relate to guns, is no reason for the agents who enforce those laws to carry guns.

I doubt it will make any difference, but at least I tried.

For the record, a "pirate v. ninja" event is a common theme-party, where you show up dressed as either a pirate or a ninja.

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I'm guessing this is where the ATFE got all their knowledge about ninjas.

As bad as the ATF entrapment of Randy Weaver was, that was as nothing compared to the panicky triggerfingers of the U.S. Marshalls or the cold blooded sneak-attack of the FBI at Ruby Ridge.