Texas gun shop owner sues ATF, accuses agency of abusing federal law

[DougC]

From Bearing Arms blog;
"Central Texas Gunworks owner Michael Cargill has filed a federal lawsuit agains the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives alleging that the government agency is abusing its powers under the Gun Control Act of 1968 to shut down federally licensed firearm retailers for minor clerical and paperwork errors..."

 

[toddnjoyce]

Mike Cargill is good people. Hope he's successful in his suit.

ETA: I think it'll get tossed because it appears he lacks standing, but who knows.

 

[V-Tach]

Mike Cargill is good people. Hope he's successful in his suit.

ETA: I think it'll get tossed because it appears he lacks standing, but who knows.

That was my first thought as well.............

 

[Here4TheChix]

From Bearing Arms blog;
"Central Texas Gunworks owner Michael Cargill has filed a federal lawsuit agains the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives alleging that the government agency is abusing its powers under the Gun Control Act of 1968 to shut down federally licensed firearm retailers for minor clerical and paperwork errors..."

Good!
They should be held accountable for breaking the law too, by overeaching, and making up their own rules...

 

[Sam7sf]

Hope he wins. F those clowns. You know…they wanna shut down ffl’s for honest mistakes but no one wants to talk about how they forced and bullied ffl’s to participate in fast and furious. Sons of bitches.

 

[Bozz10mm]

'bout time somebody did.

 

[popper]

Real shame US citizens don't have 'standing' in US courts.

 

[toddnjoyce]

Tell me you don’t know what it means to have standing without telling me you don’t know.

 

[Renegade]

"Cargill points out that during his last ATF inspection in 2018, agents found four different types of violations in 35 out of more than 6,500 transactions, but didn’t recommend a license revocation. Instead, the agency instructed Cargill to “take simple corrective actions.”

He is literally going out of his way to poke the bear in the eye.

 

[Here4TheChix]

At least SCOTUS is poking the bears in the eye, as of late, the problem is it has to get to them first...

 

[Rhino]

"Cargill points out that during his last ATF inspection in 2018, agents found four different types of violations in 35 out of more than 6,500 transactions, but didn’t recommend a license revocation. Instead, the agency instructed Cargill to “take simple corrective actions.”

He is literally going out of his way to poke the bear in the eye.

He'd be a good one to do it.