We Knew It

[Jay Gee]

The ATF spying on gun forums.

https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/202 ... s-n1227853

[Ballistic Therapy]

Was there ever a doubt ?

[rockbronco]

I would hope we all have known the internet is very well monitored by now

[paulgt2164]

And I am sure they are monitoring every site remotely possibly related to firearms. I bet they have a whole department of dingleberries "monitoring" 3d printer repository sites, airsoft sites, and cosplay/prop maker sites as well. The amount of money they spend "monitoring" legal and law abiding citizens probably outweighs any actual work by 10 to 1.

[Suck My Glock]

[GunNut]

Who thought there were not?

Unless living in a cave of course they are
That is why I have sold nearly everything

[smithers599]

I hate guns! Guns are icky! And gun owners are all racist extremist right-wing Proud Boys militias.
Thank goodness we have the ATF to keep us safe. They put their lives on the line for us every day, you know. Every day.

[BigNate]

The bigger question is - will they prosecute those who initiated this sort of warrantless surveillance of American citizens? They should...

[Ballistic Therapy]

The bigger question is - will they prosecute those who initiated this sort of warrantless surveillance of American citizens? They should...

Just courious.
How can it be a warrantless search or surveillance , when they are reading public posts that anyone else can read ?

[knockonit]

much ado about nada

[BigNate]

The bigger question is - will they prosecute those who initiated this sort of warrantless surveillance of American citizens? They should...

Just courious.
How can it be a warrantless search or surveillance , when they are reading public posts that anyone else can read ?

OK - not "search" but I'd say think that monitoring people in public for a specific purpose without a warrant would constitute surveillance. This is not seeing a crime or having a report of a crime, and investigating it... this is surveilling and data gathering about a subset of American citizens, outside of any specific criminal investigation.

[xerts1191]

[Half Cocked]

Tom Grieve on this...

[Half Cocked]

Here is part 2 of Tom Grieve's videos on how Big Brother (ATF) is gathering information on gun owners.

[Rock Hardson]