Obama Expands ATF’s Right to Seize Guns Without Due Process
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Washington DC - -(Ammoland.com)- Obama has expanded civil-forfeiture rules making it permissible for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) to seize weapons from citizens without the hassle of due process.
This effectively gives Attorney General Eric Holder, of Fast and Furious fame, extended power over guns and gun-related property.
The rules were broadened under the guise of giving the ATF authority “to seize and administatively forfeit property involved in controlled substance abuses.” And if that doesn’t strike you as extreme on first glance, consider the fact that this expansion of civil-forfeiture allows the ATF to forego almost all “due process” in making their seizures — in effect, placing the burden of proof on the citizen instead of federal agents.
Last year, even without these expanded powers, ATF confiscated more than 11,000 guns, and nearly four hundred of them were taken from innocent citizens. With the expanded powers and the ease of bypassing due process now in place, the number of guns confiscated could rise exponentially.
We cannot view this expansion of civil-forfeiture without remembering Obama’s May 2011 pledge to pursue gun control “under the radar.” For what could be more “under the radar” that quietly expanding federal power to bypass due process and confiscate private citizens’ guns?
AWR Hawkins
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2012-09-13 10:37:37
Source: http://www.ammoland.com/2012/09/13/obama-expands-atfs-right-to-seize-guns-without-due-process/
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So 11,000 guns seized out of 200 million considering 31,000 people die from firearms in the USA every year .
The owners are more in danger than the guns they own!
its not the number of guns already taken thats the issue,its the laws laid out that if and when the deside to take your guns,the laws are in place to go ahead and take them and you cant do anything about it since we didnt stop them from making these stupid laws laid out for martial law
They’ll only be able to get the ones purchased from FFL dealers. They won’t be able to get the ones privately sold unless you volunteer. And so that still leaves millions and millions of guns out there. If they do try this nonsense every person wearing a uniform will have a big bullseye on their back.
Niemöller is perhaps best remembered for the quotation:
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out–
Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out–
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out–
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me–and there was no one left to speak for me.