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Guess the ATF did not have a dog to shoot.

How do you choose who's going to sign the warrant ? Just randomly call a federal judge ?
Here, LE submits warrants to us, we review them for legal sufficiency, and then they go to a portal. Judges are on a rotating schedule for reviewing warrants, and itll be a different judge for after-hours/nighttime warrant.

Judges review the probable cause statement and then grant or deny the warrant. But there's no "no knock" box to check in the warrants, that's up to the LEOs to decide. Judges just say yes or no as to whether there's PC to look for evidence. It's not meant to be a very high bar, as it's limited in scope to what is to be searched, and what for.
 
Here, LE submits warrants to us, we review them for legal sufficiency, and then they go to a portal. Judges are on a rotating schedule for reviewing warrants, and itll be a different judge for after-hours/nighttime warrant.

Judges review the probable cause statement and then grant or deny the warrant. But there's no "no knock" box to check in the warrants, that's up to the LEOs to decide. Judges just say yes or no as to whether there's PC to look for evidence. It's not meant to be a very high bar, as it's limited in scope to what is to be searched, and what for.
I want to say thank you for always providing factual and clear statements when it comes to the legal system you work in. I really appreciate this.

[..]But there's no "no knock" box to check in the warrants, that's up to the LEOs to decide.[...]
This is concerning.
At least to me.
 
I want to say thank you for always providing factual and clear statements when it comes to the legal system you work in. I really appreciate this.


This is concerning.
At least to me.
Me too. This is something that should be shouted from the rooftops along with about 2 weeks worth of other random but very important things.
 
Happened here. Guy was drunk on his couch, they broke in, he jumps up and got body slammed onto his coffee table. Permanently brain damaged. Oops, wrong address. Sucks to be you!
 
Talking head Says guy was setting up at gun shows and just selling ftf . With guns seized from prohibited persons traced back to him as last owner for evidence. Don’t feel it’s worth the death penalty, but not necessarily legal.
 
Talking head Says guy was setting up at gun shows and just selling ftf . With guns seized from prohibited persons traced back to him as last owner for evidence. Don’t feel it’s worth the death penalty, but not necessarily legal.
AFT doesn't say how many firearm sales/year/month/day require an FFL, simply "if engaged in the business." Vague jackboots being vague.

I'd say at this guy's socioeconomic level (average annual in come in AR is <$30K) and occupation, purchasing 150 guns in 3 years is still very much hobby level. Is he "engaged in the business," if he's flipping and trading at shows or is it still a hobby? Arkansas is still a free state and we don't require a 4473 for private sales. I've bought from private individuals at shows who want a copy of your license, but there's no requirement for it, I guess it just makes them feel better. Sucks that some of his sales allegedly wound up doing crimes, but not knowing the guy, I'm assuming that probably wasn't intentional. It's not like the AFT has any issue intentionally giving firearms to criminals.

It's not uncommon to be at a gun show here with private sellers that have multiple tables of inventory. I got my IH Garand from a private seller at a show who was a big collector and was thinning down his collection. Gave the guy cash, took the gun home.

So much of this stinks, there's so many better ways this could have been handled.
 
Fed gov 2024:
1. Let's welcome our next terrorist attack to walk across the border with open arms.
2. Also, some frumpy upper class white guy with no record needs a tactical raid and shot in head for collecting too many guns, to protect America!
 
They were making a point, a show.
Exactly. If they wanted him alive they would have shown up at work, not showed up at home where his arsenal is and then surprised him at 6am on top of that.

The message being sent by the AFT here is that if you're rich enough to hire a good lawyer and fight them in court they'll just kill you instead.
 
Talking head Says guy was setting up at gun shows and just selling ftf . With guns seized from prohibited persons traced back to him as last owner for evidence. Don’t feel it’s worth the death penalty, but not necessarily legal.

Selling or reselling firearms should not be illegal. No matter the number.
 
I'm completely shocked that the ATF would play supercop yet again.

 
Care to share the story with the rest of the class?
Pathtic child here you go, although a thinking rational person somewhat knowlegeable in the way of the world should be able to ascertain what the story is by just the head line; If you had paid attention in school you would know that's why they call it a headline

Arkansas senators say Clinton airport exec. killed by ATF with no bodycam: 'Violation of its own policy'​

Bryan Malinowski died days after he was shot as ATF agents were attempting to serve a search warrant at his Little Rock home​

(Story explaining headline) Short version for those with limited concentration "Dude was killed by .Gov agents as a warning to all other gun owners, Agents were not wearing cams so all we have is their word what went down"






Both U.S. senators from Arkansas are pushing for answers from the Justice Department about a federal law enforcement search warrant execution last month that ended with an airport executive shot dead.

Sens. Tom Cotton and John Boozman are seeking answers in the death of Bryan Malinowski, the executive director of the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport in Little Rock.

Malinowski was shot on March 19 when agents with the Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) attempted to serve a search warrant at his home. Malinowski, 53, was wounded during a gunfire exchange with agents and died days later, the ATF said.

"The Department of Justice confirmed to us last night that the ATF agents involved in the execution of a search warrant of the home of Bryan Malinowski weren’t wearing body cameras," Cotton and Boozman said in a joint statement. "We will continue to press the Department to explain how this violation of its own policy could’ve happened and to disclose the full circumstances of this tragedy."

"Mr. Malinowski’s family and the public have a right to a full accounting of the facts," the Republican lawmakers added.

Bud Cummins, the attorney for the Malinowski family, noted that the ATF adopted a policy in 2022 that requires the use of body cameras during the execution of search warrants.

"This policy provides parameters for the use of BWCs [body-worn cameras] by TFOs [task force officers] to the extent that a state or local law enforcement agency requires their use by its officers during federal task force operations," states a Department of Justice memo dated June 2, 2022.

Cummins said the policy was created in response to the shooting of Breonna Taylor, the Louisville, Kentucky EMT worker who was killed as officers attempted to execute a search warrant.

"It is astounding for ATF to now claim they simply ignored this clear policy. It obviously raises more questions than it answers," Cummins told Fox News Digital.

As agents were attempting to serve the warrant in the early morning hours, Malinowski allegedly opened fire. An agent was shot and sustained non-life-threatening injuries. Malinowski was shot in the head by returning gunfire and died two days later.

"As is standard practice, this matter is under review by state and local authorities in Arkansas," Kristina Mastropasqua, an ATF spokesperson, told Fox News Digital. "The Department of Justice does not comment on pending matters."

Malinowski was under investigation for allegedly selling firearms without a license, some of which were used in crimes, authorities said. Between May 2021 and Feb. 27, 2024, Malinowski allegedly purchased more than 150 guns, which he then allegedly resold.

alinowski purchased the firearms legally and allegedly checked a box on purchase forms that indicated the firearms were for him. However, he allegedly resold the weapons at gun shows where he acted as a vendor.

"At worst, Bryan Malinowski, a gun owner and gun enthusiast, stood accused of making private firearm sales to a person who may not have been legally entitled to purchase the guns," Malinowski's family said days after he died.
 
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I do have to say it is a poorly written headline I blame it on the internet

Arkansas senators say Clinton airport exec. killed by ATF with no bodycam: 'Violation of its own policy'​

Should say something like
Arkansas senators say Clinton airport exec. Was executed by ATF HIT SQUAD
 
So, how hard is it to get a list of the officers involved in this hit?
I didn't even see the name of the guy who was wounded...
 
you're going to jail for even asking
The entire system depends on the more equal animals feeling safe abusing their countrymen. Lists like that don’t get released until after the empire falls.
 
So, how hard is it to get a list of the officers involved in this hit?
I didn't even see the name of the guy who was wounded...

As hard as it is to get the truth about the JFK assassination.
 
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