It would appear the BATFE just can't stay outta the spotlight...

[whitewolf001]

I mean seriously, they've got a bone to pick with us gunowners and it is, well 'always HAS' more like, really getting under my skin how 'transparent' this administrations motives are. This article could even relate back to the thread where we talked about over-usage of swat teams, while I dunno if they deployed any kind of ERT, the fact the FBI was mobilized to begin with is baffling when one uses logic. Why wouldn't they just issue the fine and be done with it? *Looks at current administration* Ah, right....

http://www.examiner.com/article/montana-ammo-casing-processor-raid-recalls-warnings-of-anti-gun-agenda-at-osha

 

"A morning raid was conducted against a Montana used ammunition casing processor by agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Environmental Protection Agency Criminal Division and the Bozeman Police over “alleged violations of environmental law,” NBC KTVM reported Thursday, leading to speculation this week’s action ties in with that lead exposure violations identified last fall.

“Occupational Safety and Health Administration, OSHA, workers found the company overexposed workers to lead and failed to provide basic safeguards to reduce lead exposure, including breathing protection and protective clothing,” the report recalls, noting “In September of 2013 the US Department of Labor cited USA Brass with 10 serious violations and proposed more than $45,000 in penalties and fines.”

Why such apparent sweeping and coordinated law enforcement action is considered a justifiable and standard practice against American citizens and businesses is a fair question. Without a record of criminal activities and resistance meriting deployments backed by lethal force capabilities, an audit team with a warrant would seem more than adequate in the case of an established company that proudly bills itself an "industry leader."

That makes it also fair to speculate on how agencies seemingly unrelated to the administration’s war on guns can be used to advance that agenda, and why appointments of anti-gunners to head such agencies pose valid concerns for gun owners, as the recent flap over Vivek Murthy for Surgeon General confirms, and in spite of â€œprogressive” objections that such fears are unfounded.

Case in point, since OSHA is mentioned as a possible catalyst in Thursday’s Bozeman raid by other agencies, this column warned back in 2009 that Obama’s pick to head the agency, David Michaels, was strongly anti-gun and committed to using regulatory schemes to get his way. At the time of his nomination, this column advocated organized opposition, including scoring confirmation votes against gun group ratings and contacting the appropriate Senate committee, even reminding readers of Michaels’ organizational connections with George Soros (himself a backer of draconian international citizen disarmament efforts).

That these appeals failed, first in committee and then by unanimous consent in the Senate, do not negate the rightness of such opposition. It points instead to a failure to heed warnings, something seemingly confirmed by the citation of an Illinois gun range for lead violations in 2012.

While it’s fair to debate the appropriate Constitutional role of the federal and local governments in the issue of negligent exposure to lead and other health-impacting substances, the intent here is not to give reloading component processors or gun ranges or firearms-related industries a pass on legitimate liability concerns. That said, administration intent to go after gun owners and their suppliers every which way it can, the sympathies of key regulatory players, the all too-frequent use-of-force alliances between federal and local enforcers, and the all too often unquestioning “reporting” by “Authorized Journalists” should not be overlooked as potential factors behind such dramatic actions.

Especially since finding novel ways to block ammunition supplies appears to be an ongoing priority with unaccountable federal bureaucrats."

Edited March 31, 2014 by whitewolf001

[whitewolf001]

Correction, was the FBI and not the BATFE but my point still stands in the knee jerk reaction this got...

[Sam1]

I hope there is a shitload more of these stories coming out over the next few months... all the way until election day.

[whitewolf001]

I hope there is a ####load more of these stories coming out over the next few months... all the way until election day.

 

Me too brother, these douchenozzles have gotta be stopped.

[RichardR]

Me too brother, these douchenozzles have gotta be stopped.

There is only way to stop it, sadly the American People no longer have the stomach for tar & feathering, let alone any counter-measures that would go beyond that.

[Chucktshoes]

There is only way to stop it, sadly the American People no longer have the stomach for tar & feathering, let alone any counter-measures that would go beyond that.

 "He's making a list and he's checking it twice. Gonna find out who's naughty and nice..." :whistle:

[RichardR]

"He's making a list and he's checking it twice. Gonna find out who's naughty and nice..." :whistle:

Maybe that'll be what happeens, my gut-feeling says that it would take a serious disruption in the everyday survival of a substantial number of people before protests began on any sort of meaningful level, let alone angry mobs tossing bottles & rocks like in Europe, Americans seem to be fairly content, disgruntled but content to wait & see what happens (hoping that things turn-around basically).

[KKing]

[quote name="Chucktshoes" post="1132658" timestamp="1396320337"] "He's making a list and he's checking it twice. Gonna find out who's naughty and nice..." :whistle:[/quote] And we're every one on it

[RichardR]

And we're every one on it

I would hope that is not the case, as a citizen or group of citizens simply expressing a desire to be "free from over regulation" is sort of guaranteed by our 1st Amendment.

However we've seen the rapid erosion of of various other Amendments, so maybe the 1st is due some creative judicial modifications, ya know so it doesn't feel left out or anything. :)

[whitewolf001]

 "He's making a list and he's checking it twice. Gonna find out who's naughty and nice..." :whistle:

They know when you're sleeping, 
they know when you're awake, 
they don't care if you're bad or good, 
so just don't talk, for goodness' sake!