<\/a> by <\/span>Lee Williams<\/a><\/p>\n Not one of the guns or gun parts the ATF seized from former sailor <\/span>Patrick Tate Adamiak<\/a> was illegal. Not a single gun or gun part required any additional paperwork beyond a Form 4473, and most didn\u2019t even require that. <\/span>Adamiak <\/a>was always extremely careful and did absolutely nothing wrong.<\/span><\/p>\n Every single item that the ATF seized from Adamiak\u2019s home is still sold to anyone who wants one. Most don\u2019t even require an FFL for the transfer since they\u2019re not even firearms but are instead legal gun parts.<\/p>\n So, why is Adamiak serving 20 years in a federal prison? Quite frankly, it\u2019s because the ATF screwed up bigly and would rather incarcerate a completely innocent man than look foolish for believing the lies their informant\u2014who was working off real criminal charges\u2014told them.<\/p>\n This, folks, is as bad as law enforcement can get. The ATF is a sick joke and should be shuttered permanently, because ATF agents would rather charge a completely innocent man with bogus federal felonies and lie under oath than admit that they screwed up.<\/p>\n And lie under oath the ATF certainly did, none more so than <\/span>ATF Firearms Enforcement Officer Jeffrey Bodell<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n Bodell\u2019s incredible deceptions have become almost legendary. He actually turned toys into firearms and legal semi-autos into machineguns.<\/p>\n Bodell inserted a real STEN action and a real STEN barrel into Adamiak\u2019s toy STEN submachinegun and got it to fire one round, even though the toy\u2019s receiver wouldn\u2019t accept a real STEN magazine. Bodell actually classified the toy, which are very popular, as a machinegun.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Bodell fired five of Adamiak\u2019s very expensive and extremely collectible legal semi-autos, which fire from an open bolt. All the ATF technician could achieve was semi-auto fire, but that didn\u2019t stop him. He classified all five highly sought after firearms as machineguns.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Bodell ruled that several receivers that had been cut in half were actually machineguns. The same parts are still legally sold online and do not require an FFL or any paperwork.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Bodell actually rebuilt three inert RPGs, which had holes drilled into their receivers and were stripped of internal parts. ATF\u2019s \u201cexpert\u201d added parts from real RPGs until they would fire a single subcaliber 7.62x39mm round. As a result, he classified the RPGs as destructive devices.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Last week, 30 U.S. Senators<\/span> sent a letter to the ATF<\/a>, which sought to align the agency with President Donald Trump\u2019s Second Amendment agenda.<\/span><\/p>\n The lawmakers took issue with several ATF rules involving pistol braces, \u201cghost guns,\u201d and its zero-tolerance policy.<\/p>\n \u201cWe urge you to immediately align ATF\u2019s rules and policies with the President\u2019s strong support for the Second Amendment,\u201d the Senators wrote. \u201cUnder former President Joe Biden, ATF adopted numerous policies and rules that infringed upon Americans\u2019 Second Amendment protections. President Trump\u2019s Executive Order directs Attorney General Pam Bondi to review and develop a plan of action regarding President Biden\u2019s unlawful firearms regulations. We ask that you work with the Attorney General to quickly identify and rescind these policies.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Behind their office closed doors, I\u2019m pretty sure that senior ATF officials laughed at the Senators\u2019 requests. In fact, they\u2019re probably still laughing. After all, the ATF has become a criminal organization, which the Senators seemed willing to overlook. It\u2019s the only way the dirty agency can remain in power.<\/p>\n Look at the lengths they took to prosecute Adamiak\u2014an innocent E-6 sailor who would now be leading a Navy special warfare platoon if one of ATF\u2019s mindless snitches had chosen someone else to hamper and harass, like an actual criminal.<\/p>\n To be clear, the actions that ATF agents took in Adamiak\u2019s case are criminal in nature, and everyone involved who had a federal badge in their billfold should be fired and charged with a host of federal crimes.<\/p>\n Adamiak certainly isn\u2019t alone. ATF has made a habit of bad searches with horrible results. Ask <\/span>Russell Fincher<\/a>, a high school history teacher, Baptist minister and part-time gun dealer whom the ATF targeted with excessive force. Ask Mark Manley and his family, who were victimized by <\/span>an early morning search warrant<\/a> by more than a dozen heavily armed ATF agents who lobbed flashbang grenades at his children. Or ask <\/span>Brian Malinowski\u2019s widow<\/a> if you still need more proof.<\/span><\/p>\n Unfortunately, the ATF learned the wrong lessons from these illegal forced entries, which is unfortunate for those of us who do not want to get shot in the middle of the night by their agents. The ATF decided that they must come up with some type of criminal charges after they kick open a door. That\u2019s why they charged Adamiak with a host of made-up crimes. I mean, ATF rebuilt a toy gun and DEWAT RPGs to make their case against an innocent man. Is there anything they won\u2019t do?<\/p>\n In my humble opinion, President Trump should not worry about who he will appoint as the next ATF director. Instead, he should only concern himself about closing the ATF\u2019s doors for good. Ask Patrick Tate Adamiak if you need any more information about that.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n To contribute to Adamiak\u2019s legal fight go to <\/span>Change.org<\/a>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n The Second Amendment Foundation\u2019s Investigative Journalism Project wouldn\u2019t be possible without you. Click <\/span>here<\/a><\/strong> to make a tax-deductible donation to support pro-gun stories like this.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n
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