Not one of the guns or gun parts the ATF seized from former sailor Patrick Tate Adamiak was illegal. Not a single gun or gun part required any additional paperwork beyond a Form 4473, and most didn’t even require that. Adamiak was always extremely careful and did absolutely nothing wrong.
Every single item that the ATF seized from Adamiak’s home is still sold to anyone who wants one. Most don’t even require an FFL for the transfer since they’re not even firearms but are instead legal gun parts.
So, why is Adamiak serving 20 years in a federal prison? Quite frankly, it’s because the ATF screwed up bigly and would rather incarcerate a completely innocent man than look foolish for believing the lies their informant – who was working off real criminal charges – told them.
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.
And lie under oath the ATF certainly did, none more so than ATF Firearms Enforcement Officer Jeffrey Bodell.
Bodell’s incredible deceptions have become almost legendary. He actually turned toys into firearms and legal semi-autos into machineguns.
- Bodell inserted a real STEN action and a real STEN barrel into Adamiak’s toy STEN submachinegun and got it to fire one round, even though the toy’s receiver wouldn’t accept a real STEN magazine. Bodell actually classified the toy, which are very popular, as a machinegun.
- Bodell fired five of Adamiak’s 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’t stop him. He classified all five highly sought after firearms as machineguns.
- Bodell ruled that several receivers that had been cut in half were actually machineguns. The same receivers are still legally sold online and do not require an FFL or any paperwork.
- Bodell actually rebuilt three inert RPGs, which had holes drilled into their receivers and were stripped of internal parts. ATF’s “expert” 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.
ATF must be ended
Last week, 30 U.S. Senators sent a letter to the ATF, which sought to align the agency with President Donald Trump’s Second Amendment agenda.
The lawmakers took issue with several ATF rules involving pistol braces, “ghost guns,” and its zero-tolerance policy.
“We urge you to immediately align ATF’s rules and policies with the President’s strong support for the Second Amendment,” the Senators wrote. “Under former President Joe Biden, ATF adopted numerous policies and rules that infringed upon Americans’ Second Amendment protections. President Trump’s Executive Order directs Attorney General Pam Bondi to review and develop a plan of action regarding President Biden’s unlawful firearms regulations. We ask that you work with the Attorney General to quickly identify and rescind these policies.”
Behind their office closed doors, I’m pretty sure that senior ATF officials laughed at the Senators’ requests. In fact, they’re probably still laughing. After all, the ATF has become a criminal organization, which the Senators seemed willing to overlook. It’s the only way the dirty agency can remain in power.
Look at the lengths they took to prosecute Adamiak – an innocent E-6 sailor who would now be leading a Navy special warfare platoon if one of ATF’s mindless snitches had chosen someone else to hamper and harass, like an actual criminal.
To be clear, the actions that ATF agents took in Adamiak’s 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.
Adamiak certainly isn’t alone. ATF has made a habit of bad searches with horrible results. Ask Russell Fincher, 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 an early morning search warrant by more than a dozen heavily armed ATF agents who lobbed flashbang grenades at his children. Or ask Brian Malinowski’s widow if you still need more proof.
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’s 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’t do?
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’s doors for good. Ask Patrick Tate Adamiak if you need any more information about that.
The ATF needs to go, but it is a tossup as to whether Bondi has the guts to do her job!
Well, she appears to be holding elf bee eye feet to the fire. That’s a good start, and we’ll see where it goes.
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@ hawkeye, thanks for the link. Going to be interesting to see what happens. In the link Bondi appear to be a no nonsense leader and that is a good thing.
“elf bee eye” ??
Shadows of ‘ol possom. I miss that marsupial…
(Let’s see if TTAG has finally fixed the moderation settings…)
I do too Haz. Always enjoyed pretending he was anthropomorphic and a real possum! And he had a great sense of humor.
What’s not a tossup are the Gun talking blowbags who bark at Defining Gun Control by its History. In this atf kangaroo court anyone who knows the History of Gun Control can see the same injustice, discrimination, lies and deceit that for centuries has walked hand in hand with Gun Control. Never mind Bondi et al…Gun Control runs on public opinion. And as long as the History illiterate public has a favorable view of Gun Control expect more of it.
For those who think the FBI taking over enforcement from ATF is a wonderful thing, remember that Lon Horiuchi was FBI. We need Congress to end these unconstitutional laws and end protections for agents and departments who unjustly harm Americans.
The fbi isn’t taking over ATF. Patel is just filling the ATF director role temporarily until a director can be nominated and gets blessed by congress. But we do have a regular Trump appointed assistant director now that replaced that dettlebach assistant.
20 years beats getting murdered in your home in front of your wife.
If you were sitting in prison for that long, you might think otherwise.
I want to know where Adamiak’s attorney was in all of this. The “expert” should have been subjected to a withering cross-examination to demonstrate that he had to modify some of the firearms to make them even arguably illegal, and had to lie about the definition of “machine gun” in order to make a case. The federal statutes do not say what he testified they said, and if could not make them fire automatically, then there was a fundamental failure of proof. Yes, I realize that the judge was out to get this poor guy, which was ensured when defense expert was disqualified, but still, the government’s evidence as we have all noted was massively insufficient. Hopefully the Court of Appeal, even with the standard of review stacked against the defendant, sees the light.
Also, Adamiak’s expert should have been permitted to testify. The lies of the ATF would have been exposed in court had his expert been allowed to testify.
SCOTUS SLAPS DOWN Judge Who ORDERED Trump to Pay $2 BILLION. (Note: articles of impeachment have been submitted to remove this left wing liberal federal Judge from the bench for high crimes & misdemeanors for his unconstitutional acts.)
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“SCOTUS SLAPS DOWN Judge”
SCOTUS”?
No, Justice Roberts in his supervision role over the DC Circuit.
“SLAPS DOWN”
No, he issued an administrative stay to pause the matter:
“Roberts issued an interim order placing on hold Washington-based U.S. District Judge Amir Ali’s action that had imposed a deadline of 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday night.”
“Roberts provided no rationale for the order, known as an administrative stay, which will give the court additional time to consider the administration’s more formal request to block Ali’s ruling.“
This interim order just poses the matter for further consideration, no decision on the merits of the decision has been made.
@Mynr49r
“No, Justice Roberts in his supervision role over the DC Circuit.”
You obviously do not understand how government works. When a single government entity (i.e. a person) its the same as the US government acting.
When a SCOTUS justice acts its the same as SCOTUS acting. So yes…. “SCOTUS SLAPS DOWN Judge”
“No, he issued an administrative stay”
A stay until further order of SCOTUS. That is a slap down of the judge as it gives no other moves for the judge to make on that issue.
Each individual SCOTUS justice is SCOTUS, in their capacity to act. Justice Roberts is SCOTUS in his capacity to lawfully and constitutionally act in this regard.
Fact: “SCOTUS SLAPS DOWN Judge”
Stop lying Mynr49r. Your left wing mental illness delusion is not the reality you wish it was.
(Manley case – Manley tells what happened) ATF Raids Black 2A Influencer’s Home, Finds Nothing.
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Where are all the pro 2A orgs? Which one is handling the appeal? Which one will sue federal govt for gross violations of law and due process?
Point to ponder….what happens to all the pro 2A orgs if we eventually arrive at a place where the anti-gunners (and their legislators) no longer have influence?
Historically speaking, they’ll fade into insignificance in terms of the original mission and therefore engage in mission creep to continue their existence.
That’s not necessarily bad, provided they’re guided in the right directions and don’t go full SPLC.
The antis will rebuild, come back and, gain ground slowly at first and then in large chunks. The formerly pro-2A groups will get steamrolled for a while until they regain their footing.
Same as its always been.
“The formerly pro-2A groups will get steamrolled for a while until they regain their footing.”
Meaning the orgs at risk will continue to fear monger in an effort to protect their income stream?
One of the worst things the ATF has done so far!
So the women and children burned alive in Waco over deactivated grenades and gun powder are what exactly? Just another day at the office?
End BATFE but not without removing the laws they enforce first.
This might be one of the worst things that the ATF has ever done. But the worst think they’ve done is obvious.
Exist.
It appears the atf expert is only expert at pergery.