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| ‘Get A Warrant’ — ATF Agents Attempt To Confiscate Solvent Trap Components |
| 2022-08-29 |
| [ZeroHedge] A new report from the gun blog website AmmoLand Shooting Sports News claims that Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) agents are paying visits to law-abiding gun owners' houses to confiscate solvent trap components. AmmoLand's John Crump claims, "multiple law-abiding gun owners have contacted me about visitations by ATF agents attempting to get the individuals to hand over solvent trap components purchased on GunBroker." Solvent traps are devices that can be used when cleaning firearms to catch the cleaning solution if poured down the barrel. The device helps prevent mess and if in the field, can help prevent harmful chemicals from being dumped into the environment. They can also be used as makeshift silencers. We pointed out earlier this year that ATF considered solvent traps as suppressors. This comes as some gun owners legally bought the devices and manufactured them into homemade suppressors, then filed a National Firearms Act "Form 1" with the ATF and paid a $200 tax to own them legally. Crump provides an example of ATF agents showing up at a man's house earlier this month. Agents demanded he turn over solvent trap components: "On the week of August 14th, a Louisiana man was visited by an ATF agent who demanded he turn over solvent trap components that were acquired through GunBroker Auction seller RifleRemedy2000. The ATF agent produced the Warning Notice pictured below. The man, fearing retribution and unwanted persecution by the rogue agency, agreed to sign a letter stating he had destroyed the items and no longer possessed the items the ATF has now deemed to be suppressors regulated by the NFA." |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #2 Always tell them to 'get a warrant' and demand they show something in writing authorizing their actions. Amazing how often requiring them to put something in writing and sign it halts bureaucratic enthusiasms. |
| Posted by: magpie 2022-08-29 15:39 |
| #1 It seems this GunBroker Auction seller has others asking if the ATF is using "RifleRemedy2000" as front? Checking the internet, I see this reseller on several other gun websites selling parts for weapons. My 10 min. skim shows mainly parts for typical 80 % lowers being sold, and parts that by association point to specific weapons, like to AR-15 & Glocks. So could the ATF/_ _ _ / _ _ _ and other agencies being running parts houses to ID those building their firearms? |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2022-08-29 08:48 |