Federal Agents Hunt for Guns, One House at a Time

I told you this was coming. Door-to-door illegal searches of homes for firearms. Who needs more restrictive gun laws when you have the BATFE?

Read the article here: Federal Agents Hunt for Guns, One House at a Time

These searches raise two serious issues. First, federal agents are violating the law. Yes, I know no actual law still applies to the American government but at least they could pretend like they used to do in the 1980's. Coming to your home after purchasing a firearm or ten is explicitly prohibited by numerous laws and by the at least four Constitutional Amendments. Damn that Constitution again. It almost mattered for a minute there.

Second, the agents are wearing plain clothes. Gangsters wear plain clothes too. And scam artists too. If a person wearing plain clothes came to my door and asked me about what guns I owned my reaction would be to panic. I would assume I am being robbed in a home invasion robbery and I would draw my weapon to defend myself. The most logical reason ANYONE would come to your door and ask about your guns is to rob you. I would not even believe they were federal agents, badges or not, since these searches are so patently illegal.

Prediction: These illegal searches will lead to disaster. They will lead to confiscation of legally purchased and owned firearms, false criminal convictions, and in some cases where people defend themselves thinking they are being robbed, death.