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To: oyez
What I was getting at is for most of it is too late. Our neighbors know we hunt. The see us load up and go to the range. We got the trucks that say "Sportsman". There's the bass boat. We're already profiled.

"Profiled"? Well, of course. As a white, middle-aged, heterosexual Christian male, I'm profiled many times over. The larger worry is being "on the list" - which I most assuredly am. Back before the anti-gun crowd caught my attention and made me re-evaluate certain practices of mine, I bought several firearms over the counter from a local dealer. Years later, that dealer was investigated and eventually the FFL holder was convicted of selling guns to felons. All the transactions were legit, as I understand the regs governing FFL holders; it was an ATF fishing expedition. But I digress.

Bottom line - ALL of the dealer's 4473s were seized. So, the feds know what I bought there - as well as the purchases by many others, including my dad, cousins, friends, etc. We're all in the database. So now, I consider all of the stuff bought on a 4473 to be "sacrificial". It's not the entirety of my collection, though... and it's certainly not all in one place.

Here's another thought: Do y'all remember the Smith & Wesson "agreement"? Well, it's not dead. In fact, I think I just saw it twitch.

144 posted on 11/11/2006 12:23:34 PM PST by Charles Martel (Liberals are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: Charles Martel
Bottom line - ALL of the dealer's 4473s were seized.

Yeah, I can see where an activist Federal Judge could link a search warrant to every one. Agents could go online for a particular 4473 and the server could come up with all kinds of information plus a ready made search warrant. Is this a wonderful country, or what?

145 posted on 11/11/2006 12:42:48 PM PST by oyez (Why is it that egalitarians act like royalty?)
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