The ATF – and the other alphabet agencies – have learned they can continue to be lawless and unconstitutional and get away with it. And, by getting away with it, I mean that both parties will do nothing of substance and I’m not all that confident about our justice system.
During the 30 years that have passed since ATF’s botched raid in Waco, Texas, which led to the deaths of 82 civilians – including 28 children – and four federal agents, the agency appears to have forgotten that when it picks fights for no reason and uses excessive force, law-abiding Americans pay with their lives.
A story published last week – much to everyone’s horror – revealed that the ATF has started raiding again. It will only be a matter of time before another tragedy occurs and more innocent lives are lost.
ATF agents wearing tactical gear and bearing AR-15s raided the Oklahoma home of Russell Fincher, a 52-year-old high school history teacher, “kitchen table” gun dealer and Baptist minister.
Fincher, it should be noted, invited the ATF into his home when they called him prior to their raid. He offered no resistance, as you’d expect from a clergyman, but ATF agents hit his home like he was Southeast Oklahoma’s next bin Laden.