The Feds are getting a little inquisitive in Alaska.
Rep. Don Young meets with ATF about agents asking for gun shop books in Alaska | Alaska Dispatch
Rep. Don Young meets with ATF about agents asking for gun shop books in Alaska | Alaska Dispatch
According to a press release from Alaska Rep. Don Young’s office, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) met with Young over concerns that Young had raised about reports that ATF agents were requesting records from gun-store owners in Alaska.
While ATF agents are permitted to conduct routine, in-shop compliance inspections, federal law forbids the removal or copying of such material unless there’s an official criminal investigation. One fear is that the ATF will create some sort of list or database of gun owners, which has been illegal since 2011.
“During today’s meeting Deputy Director Brandon assured me that this is not an accepted practice at the ATF and that they are looking to remedy the situation to ensure it, or anything like it, never happens again in the future,” Young said.