More than one-million good folks have seen Patrick “Tate” Adamiak’s horrible story on pro-gun websites and social media. I would like to thank everyone who helped spread the word about how the ATF ruined this honorable young 28-year-old’s life. As it stands now, Tate could be in prison until he’s 48-years-old, for made-up crimes he never committed. 

Had the ATF never railroaded him, Tate would most likely be running a SEAL platoon about now. He was that good of a sailor. Naval Special Warfare wanted him as a leader and Tate was in their pipeline. That’s about all anyone needs to know about this young man’s professionalism and his dedication to this country. 

In my humble opinion, the ATF should be shuttered for what they did to Tate, starting with the idiots involved in his case. What they alone were able to get away with serves as a very legitimate reason to remove the agency from the federal roster. These nincompoops became fixated on a replica M240 machinegun – which couldn’t even chamber a live round – and some demilled RPGs that Tate bought at a flea market in San Diego years ago. 

The RPGs had holes drilled into their pipes and the guts removed from their handles. To be clear, they were not capable of firing anything, but that didn’t stop an overzealous ATF technician from reworking Tate’s tubes – taking the needed parts from one of ATF’s live RPGs and installing them and a subcaliber kit. Once restored, the ATF monkey managed to squeeze off one live 7.62x39mm round, which unfortunately, was all the jury needed to see. 

That friends, is about as far from real law enforcement as you can get. 

Quite simply, the ATF lied in court while under oath. Their prosecutors knew their witnesses were lying and allowed it to happen – they made it happen. In any normal court of law, the judge would have gone ballistic, but not the one overseeing this case. This black-robed dunce even admitted she believed the replica M240 was a real firearm. 

I need to thank the tens of thousands of readers who increased our audience by adding names to their social media posts, names such as @realDonaldTrump@POTUS@JDVance@RepThomasMassie@elonmusk@DOGE@StephenM@AlinaHabba @PamBondi @PeteHegseth @TheJusticeDept and even @ATFHQ, as if the ATF would even be interested in the story, much less do anything about their agents’ excesses. 

The more people who become aware of Tate’s plight, the likelier he will be released from prison. 

Having read many of the files and court records, one thing bothers me more than anything else: How many additional servicemen and servicewomen are doing time behind bars right now for ATF “crimes” they never committed? How many civilians has the ATF locked up for bogus reasons like those we saw very clearly in Tate’s case? 

One reader said the story should be added to the “Why the ATF should be disbanded” file. I don’t agree – at least not yet. We’ve got a good man downrange who needs to be cleared out hot before we can go after the ATF with the strength and vigor they truly deserve. 

In 20 years of investigative reporting and nearly five years of focusing on the Second Amendment, I have never once asked, suggested or even implied that anyone needs a Presidential pardon. 

That ends now. 

I hope @realDonaldTrump, aka, @POTUS, does what’s right, pardon’s Tate and releases him from prison, where he’s already served nearly two years for crimes he never committed. 

Said Tate Thursday afternoon: “I am overwhelmed with the amount of support regarding my story and just wanted to thank each and every person that has recognized this gross injustice. It means the world to me, that my fellow patriots are sharing the true story and standing with me. This assault on our liberties could happen to any American exercising their rights. It’s because of all of you that I have hope that my freedom will soon be restored.”

Story courtesy of the Second Amendment Foundation’s Investigative Journalism Project. Click here to make a tax-deductible donation to the project..

76 COMMENTS

    • Guilty:

      “Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump is sentenced to 10 years in deadly DWI crash
      Emily Hernandez, seen holding Nancy Pelosi’s broken nameplate after the mob entered the Capitol, served 30 days in federal prison and was pardoned by Trump this month“

      • Don’t care. If it’s right to pardon somebody because they were unjustly imprisoned by the weaponized legal system, then pardoned they should be.

        If they go out and kill somebody after drinking too much, then that one is on THEM. A just society does not prejudge somebody. Not even if that somebody is an idiot in other matters.

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      • When your narrative is so fake and gay even the trans movement looks plausible in comparison. You lost and now you reap what you have sown.

      • How many did biden pardon? And every time one of them steps in it again can we rub your nose in it?

        Better yet. Can we do a biden and put you and your like in prison by using a weaponized doj as biden did?

        hitler. mao. stalin. biden. All put people in prison for speaking against their regimes.

        • biden pardoned a perp who used a shotgun to head shoot 2 FBI agents and he pardoned others who did far more than crash a party.

          The man in the article was charged for having something that looked like a machine gun. “Looks-Like” is want they want the standard to be so having something that looks like the real deal makes it one in the same…The same centuries old sick mentality behind Gun Control is alive and well today…Thank Gun talking blowbags like jr, void et al for that.

          • Rent free in one too dumb to see past their script and another too dumb to change their script. Looks like I am doing pretty well so time to take a bow and maybe start up some knitting while still doing more to fight gun control than nagging about dead issues like racism in the US lol.

          • “Biden pardoned a perp who used a shotgun to head shoot 2 FBI agents“

            So exactly what is the name of the person you claim Joe Biden pardoned after they shot FBI agent?

            • Commuted peltiers sentence. He gets to go home to serve the rest of his life.

              You also argued that fdr did not put Americans in concentration camps during ww2.

              And you still have no clue as to why Trump is in the oval office and the fascist left is on the run.

              Fascinating.

              • “Commuted peltiers sentence“

                Commuted, you say… So the ‘pardon’ claim was another right wing lie, got it.

                And he served 46 years in prison:

                “In 1993 Peltier became eligible for parole, but was denied several times over the next 32 years. He served 46 years total in prison“

                So you folks think the FBI is an illegal out of control Weaponized arm of government when they prosecute white January 6 rioters, but if a Native American is their target it’s a different situation…

                Different Justice standards for white folks equals…

            • “How many did biden pardon?”

              Biden pardoned over 8,000 people, including preemptively pardoning his own family, among other political allies, which is completely unprecedented.

              By contrast, Trump pardoned a little over 200 people in his first term. He has pardoned over 1,500 in his current term which was mostly to correct the overzealous Jan 6 prosecutions.

              Hey Myner. You do understand that the DWI happened before the pardon, correct? It’s a dumb talking point, even for you. Are you trying to pretend like the DWI is Trump’s fault? What is your point? You don’t have one, do you? You look very desperate.

              The crash occurred in January 2022 on Interstate 44 near St. Clair. A truck driver captured video of a car flying down the interstate—the wrong way.

              Almost exactly one year earlier, Hernandez had been inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, seen in videos and images holding up a broken sign to the House speaker’s office. She pleaded guilty and served 30 days in jail.

              Like all other defendants, she was pardoned by President Donald Trump.

              Wilson’s family said that was not a factor for them.

              • I did not know this; that the DWI happened before the pardon. Thank you for doing the research I should have done.

                Miner, myner, however he spells it, it’s pronounced “liar”.

              • “You do understand that the DWI happened before the pardon, correct?“

                So Donald Trump pardoned his brown shirt soldier even after she drunkenly killed a mother of two…

                And you are crowing about that, amazing.

                Donald Trump did not care that she had killed an innocent woman because of her drunken negligence, all that mattered to him was that he pardon his faithful brown shirt insurrectionist.

                You people have no shame.

                And you think your tribal allegiance to a drunken murder is a virtue, that’s the very definition of a cult.

              • Ass-spray sez:

                “I did not know this; that the DWI happened before the pardon. Thank you for doing the research I should have done“

                And you also think it was appropriate for Donald Trump to pardon a woman who drunkenly killed those children’s mother…

                Congratulations, your slavish devotion to the cult of Trump is fascinating.

              • “So the dwi sentence was already resolved before the fedsurrection? Opinion discarded.“

                Wow, maybe Trump is right and you civil servants are incompetent.

                The insurrection attempt was on January 6, 2021.

                “The crash occurred in January 2022 on Interstate 44 near St. Clair“

                Trump pardoned her in January 2025, three years after she drunkenly killed the mother of two small children.

                Maybe President Musk is right about you civil servants, you can’t even read a calendar.

                It’s easy to see how Trump was so successful at snookering you people, he’s a slick New York City con artist and he rolled up you rubes like a cheap carpet.

              • @Mynr49r He pardoned her for the overzealous Jan 6 prosecution. She had already served her 30 days in jail for that prosecution. He did NOT pardon her for killing someone while driving under the influence. It’s a completely separate matter. She will serve plenty of jail time for that. Again, you have no point. You look extremely desperate as you scream at the sky in frustration.

              • “Biden pardoned over 8,000 people“

                So Biden “pardoned” over 8000 people, you’re going with that?

                I’d like to think you’re just stupid, and not intentionally lying.

                Biden actually pardoned just a few over 100 total, while Donald Trump pardoned over 1000 criminals, most of whom had violently assaulted police officers.

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                ttps://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-bidens-critics-claim-185700356.html

              • “He did NOT pardon her for killing someone while driving under the influence“

                I never said he did.

                I just pointed out the facts on the calendar, Donald Trump pardoned her in January 2025, even after she killed a mother of two small children in January 2022.

                Of course he would ignore the fact that she’s a drunken murderer, what’s important to Donald is that she was a faithful brown shirt who heeded his call to attack the United States Capitol on January 6.

                You folks are really a confused bunch, that explains why you were so easily bamboozled by Leon Musk‘s propaganda campaign.

              • Miner, I’m going with the truth. Your own yahoo link immediately mentions 2,500 commuted drug sentences. We’re already well over your made up 100ish total. Biden also commuted 1,500 sentences during Covid. And yes, commuting a sentence falls under the presidential pardon power, so don’t start with your silly word games.

                Your yahoo link is also outdated. Notice the date. It’s Jan 17, 2025. Biden still had a couple of days, and he used them. He pardoned everyone on the Jan 6 committee. He also pardoned their staff and the police officers that testified. He didn’t even name names. Why don’t you compile that list for me. I’m guessing it’s well over 100 people. You are MISINFORMED, as usual. Btw, I believe the total (all pardons) comes to about 8,064, Liar49er.

                And regarding your obsession with the DWI case, you don’t understand what justice is. Trump was righting the wrong of the overzealous Jan 6 prosecutions. Whether you agree with that or not has nothing to do with what those people did AFTER they were prosecuted and jailed. Even the family who lost their own relative said that it was UNRELATED. You’re screaming at the sky because Trump is the president. Learn to cope.

              • “Your own yahoo link immediately mentions 2,500 commuted drug sentences“

                You claimed he “pardoned” over 8000 people:

                “Biden pardoned over 8,000 people, including preemptively pardoning his own family“

                I know you think you’re being slick with your disinformation attempts, but to any reasonable adult your ham-handed wordplay is immediately obvious as a falsehood.

                No matter how you twist it, Donald Trump ‘pardoned’ many more people than Joe Biden, including direct pardons for people who violently assaulted police officers on January 6.

                Now you’ve moved the goalposts and you’re saying Biden ‘commuted’ their sentences.

                Trump granted a full and unconditional pardon to his Brown shirts for January 6, approximately 600 individuals received a full and unconditional pardon for their violent attacks on LEOs:

                “(b) grant a full, complete and unconditional pardon to all other individuals convicted of offenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021;”

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                ttps://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/granting-pardons-and-commutation-of-sentences-for-certain-offenses-relating-to-the-events-at-or-near-the-united-states-capitol-on-january-6-2021/

                You really should learn more about executive clemency before you start spouting your disinformation, your lack of actual knowledge on the subject is clearly apparent.

              • I’m not spouting any disinformation. Are you now worried about who has the most? Is that what you’re fretting over? I was only answering jwm.

                Commutations reduce the sentence. They are part of the presidential pardon power. When you look up White House commutations, it’s filed under pardons. Biden pardoned and commuted over 8,000 people. Take away the commutations, and it looks like Biden has STILL pardoned more than Trump.

                Have you made that list yet? Make the list and add them up. Then get back to me with an apology. Biden didn’t name them by name in the Warrant.

              • “I’m not spouting any disinformation“

                Really?
                First you say:

                “Biden pardoned over 8,000 people“

                When I point out that’s a lie, then you post:

                “Biden pardoned and commuted over 8,000 people“

                Donald Trump ‘pardoned’ over 1000 of his violent convicted Brown Shirts.

                I know history is a problem for you folks, but you really should see exactly what happened to the original brown shirts once their ‘Great Leader’ consolidated his power and didn’t need them anymore.

                ‘The Night of the Long Knives’

              • LOL now you’re quibbling over the accepted colloquial use of the term pardon which includes commutations in casual conversation and even in article headlines. The meaning is understood in context. You’ve said at different times that I lied or pushed disinformation, even though I clearly wasn’t trying to hide anything. You intentionally take things out of context so you can act offended.

                Is that all you have? You look very desperate. You said Biden pardoned 100 people. By your own standards, YOU are lying and spreading disinformation. You can’t even claim that you weren’t speaking in technical terms. You’re just off in left field with your lies and misinformation, as usual. Then you segue into Nazi fantasy talk lol. Learn to cope.

                Democratic president Joe Biden pardoned, commuted, or rescinded more than 8000 convictions, among them were family and colleagues of past and present…

                h ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_pardoned_or_granted_clemency_by_the_president_of_the_United_States#Joe_Biden

                Now what? Where’s my apology?

        • “How many did biden pardon?”

          Around 100 people total.

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          ttps://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-bidens-critics-claim-185700356.html

              • I already have. Read all of the comments. Do your own homework. I get tired of you begging me to hold your hand.

              • “I already have“

                Nope, post a head-to-headcomparison of the actual ‘pardon’ numbers in order to prove your point.
                You claimed “Biden pardoned over 8000 people’, put up or shut up.

                Quote the actual number of pardons by Biden versus the actual number of pardons by Donald Trump.

              • See above.

                Oh, Trump’s number for 2025 is somewhere around 1,500, and a little over 200 for the previous term. Now what? Btw, I had already given these numbers. Learn to read.

      • DWI, wow I haven’t heard that one in awhile.
        It’s all DUI now.
        Are you just making stuff up?
        And ps.
        You can bash Trump all you want our side won,,,,,,,, by a landslide.
        Minority Miner

        • “Are you just making stuff up?“

          Another textbook indicator of cult mentality, the inability to accept reality.

          “our side won,,,,,,,, by a landslide“

          When you consider the actual votes, it wasn’t exactly a landslide, Trump did not even win a majority:

          49.78% to 48.23%

            • “More screaming at the sky“

              Nope, just correcting your propaganda disinformation with actual facts and source document citations.

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              ttps://www.justice.gov/pardon/pardons-granted-president-joseph-biden-2021-present

              • Hey Lyr49r, how many people, in total, are in the Warrant 1 pardon that Biden gave on Jan 19, 2025? Is it over 100?

                And here’s the commutations link from the Office of the Pardon Attorney. Why don’t you add those up while you’re at it.

                h ttps://www.justice.gov/pardon/commutations-granted-president-joseph-biden-2021-present

              • @Mynr49r Be sure to post your apology after you’ve done the math. And while you’re at it, apologize for reneging on that bet you made with me, and lost, in 2020.

  1. SAF is next on my donation list. I’m rolling a big fat one for them this week. Yes, I’ve already done all the writing.

    No, nothing for NRA/ILA, who continues to be silent on injustices such as this. “That’s not what they do” is just not good enough. No way.

    • Can respect that, putting actual resources and skin into the game is ultimately what will determine how some situations get resolved. ILA is helpful with state level organizations that get far enough along for the case to grow legs but does miss a lot of stuff like this.

      • At least you got me laughing, even though I’m still quite angry with prior board members of the NRA. One of them, I’m even so upset with his inaction when he was there, I’ve purposely forgotten his damned name. Toodles somebody. Yeah, Toodles Noogie, that was it. He just took up space. Supposedly a guitar player, but I’m sure it was all just an early form of AI.

      • And yes, NRA does miss a lot of cases such as this. I wonder how many of our military are doing serious time like the subject of this article. Probably dozens. Or hundreds. Our government really has become evil. We’re talking “Sauron evil”.

        • Not to quibble, but this is more like Saruman levels of evil. ATF is mostly an errand boy for DOJ the way the IC are errand boys for the State Department.

          Which might actually be worse.

        • Become? I would say anything past the Federal reserve was already well past being deliberately evil, especially after operation paperclip and all the “research” we did on our citizens afterwards. NYSERPA closer to where I work did a lot right with Bruen but honestly lacks the money and people to keep up with everything in NY so I tend to spread donations out to a few that do seriously go after infringement especially when multiple circuits are involved. And if one cannot have fun with stuff it does get rather dull.

      • Donation. A big fat donation. Kind of like a big fat burrito, only with dollars instead of…well, salad stuff and ground beef. Where did YOUR mind go?

  2. When you see this and other folks like Fani Willis, you sort of wonder what percentage of the people who “didn’t do it” really didn’t do it.

    We’ve created a system where lying, cheating and incompetence are the best ways to get ahead and then we wonder why a large chunk the normal people throw their hands up and stop trying or just want to start a podcast or be an influencer.

    Then you have to ask how far down the corruption, in various forms, goes. The answer is that it goes everywhere, to the point that just taking the set of “knowns” figuring out what is and what is not actually true is a full time job plus some.

    • My default setting is they are all corrupt. Every. Last. One.

      I just try to find the ones that are corrupt in a way that benefits me.

      I know it’s truly bad when they lost my support. Bedrock American. That’s me. A volunteer, not a draftee, vet. Cleaner record than most cops. A lifetime of working and paying taxes.

      When you’ve lost me you’ve lost it all.

      • As a civil servant that is trying to keep as much running as it should what I have to say to you is this…….GOOD. in no way should you or anyone else trust us with an ounce more power than is absolutely needed to get the job done and every cognitive and aptitude test should be considered to ensure you get something of what you pay for regarding any employment we have.

          • Yeah going to be a fun week as we see what grants are impacted. Honestly for most of anything I deal with it shouldn’t be a factor but the DEI related outreach and recruiting……..yeah may be rough.

            • “Yeah going to be a fun week”

              Yep, Donald Trump rolled over in less than 24 hours, abandoning his tariff threat against Canada and Mexico as prices started spiking.

              “Critics are calling out President Donald Trump for admitting that his tariffs, which he long insisted wouldn’t lead to higher prices for essential goods, may at first cause “pain” for millions of American families.
              “I’m not concerned. We may have short-term a little pain,” he told reporters on Sunday evening. “And people understand that.”

              Of course, there will be no pain for wealthy globalist billionaire President Elon Musk and his globalist elite co-conspirators.

              The way you folks suck up to the billionaires is fascinating, like little puppies sucking at your mama’s teat.

              • So we aren’t having the other two North American countries secure their borders with us and assist with reducing the invasion? I get your cult was delt a blow but get it together man most people understand what negotiation tactics look like especially after his first presidency.

              • “negotiation tactics“

                Threats against our allies are a poor negotiating tactic, no one respects a bully.

                Meanwhile, he sucks up to our adversaries with compliments and praise for their aggression:

                “I said, ‘This is genius,’” Trump said during an interview with conservative radio hosts last month. “Putin declares a big portion of the Ukraine – of Ukraine. Putin declares it as independent. Oh, that’s wonderful.”

  3. Off subject, but… Just learned the new DeSantis budget includes a sales tax holiday from Memorial Day thru Independence Day. We have the best governor in the United States.

  4. “Tate would most likely be running a SEAL platoon about now.” Except he was an E6, not a lieutenant (03). And getting through BUDs is not quite so automatic (the attrition rate is 75%-85%). Plus he would need some team time. So I hope that assertion isn’t a gauge of how realistic the other claims in the article are; let’s not cloak this guy in the patriotic aura of being a SEAL until he wins his appeal, gets through BUDS, and goes to OCS.

    Here’s the U.S. Attorney’s Office version of events in this case: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edva/pr/virginia-beach-man-convicted-dealing-illegal-machine-guns

    If the articles are to be believed, and there were scandalous numbers of errors in fact and in law, then an appeal should be an easy win, and winning an appeal is better than asking for a pardon. Where is his appeals lawyer?

    • Very interesting, I wonder who this subject really is and what his business in the United States is:

      “PUBLICATIONFile Name: 12a0534n.06No. 11-3429UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALSFOR THE SIXTH CIRCUITPATRYK MICHAL ADAMIAK,Petitioner,v.ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., Attorney General,Respondent.))))))))))ON PETITION FOR REVIEWFROMTHEUNITEDSTATESBOARDOFIMMIGRATION APPEALSBEFORE: SUTTON, McKEAGUE, and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.*McKeague, Circuit Judge.Patryk Michal Adamiak, a native andcitizen of Poland,petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”)denying his motionto reconsider his application for cancellation of removal. Forthe followingreasons, we dismissinpart and deny in part. I. BackgroundAdamiak entered the United States on or about December13, 1983 as a refugee dependent;he was eventuallyadjusted to lawful permanent resident status retroactively. He was sixyears oldat the time of his initial entry. Beginning in 1997, Adamiak had several run-ins with the law“

    • “Tate would most likely be running a SEAL platoon about now.”

      “Said Tate Thursday afternoon: “I am overwhelmed with the amount of support… “

      Very interesting statements… I like how they ignored the fact that his name is ‘Adamiak’ and instead used his much more American-sounding middle name ‘Tate’.

      Sometimes the right wing propaganda is transparently childish bullshit.

      But it is good enough to fool Trump’s brown shirts so I guess that’s all that counts.

      • And who did the progressive left just install in the dnc? A person of color? An immigrant?

        No. The next generation white plantation owner, david hogg.

        • Is that all you got? Why don’t you stay on topic regarding this so-called ‘Tate’ fellow?

          “Patryk Michal Adamiak, a native andcitizen of Poland,petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”)denying his motionto reconsider his application for cancellation of removal.”

          Just like most of your right wing bullshit, your story falls apart once we start looking at the actual details of the case.

          • LOL. Having a meltdown, miner? Are you so stupid as to think this tactic is going to help your cause in 28?

            Keep screaming at an uncaring God, miner. Keep acting the fool.

            Do you know how many conversations I’ve had with the libs here in the bay area that feature your comments? When I say that you are a blessing to our side I mean it. With a lot of your help I have convinced young people to turn away from the left.

            One young lib got so woke by you he refused to vote this cycle. And I bet you he’ll vote gop next time.

            Keep coming here, miner. Since dacian got smart enough to go away you’re my best hope of converting the masses.

            • We had one or two renamed trolls that could have been Dacian over the last two weeks but see who sticks around. Will be interesting to see how many are still trying after any USAID funding is cut.

  5. The ATF is just a group of humans who work for the government. They have special rights. They can make it up as they go. Be dishonest about it. And they won’t be prosecuted for it.

    People say, “the government is too big.”

    Then fire about one million people. Who are government employees.

    • We’re workin’ on it. Thing is, Elon and his team need our support. This is not the time for wishy and washy. Did you see or hear “Schmucky Chuck” Schumer going on about how superbowl snacks are going to be unaffordable this weekend because avocados and cheese come from Mexico?

      Puh-lease, Chuck. I’m still trying to get caught up from the last 4 years of President McFuddyDuddy’s policies. Even so, I bought two avocados just today at Walmart. They came from the Dominican Republic. And some of my cheese came from Ireland, while other came from Wisconsin.

      Seriously, New York State? All you can find to serve in the Senate is this uneducated goober who who sounds more like an effeminate old woman every day and doesn’t know how to grill a burger or make a big bowl of guacomole? He’s worse than Mitt Romney telling us how much he likes hot dogs!

      To coin a popular saying:

      Do better, New York. Mind your own business!

      • Part one NYC part 2 some tropes have a kernel of truth. Gilibrand should be kicked to the curb and possibly could be but Schumer is locked in short of NYC getting nuked.

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