Looks to me like a long standing policy of the Federal Government to monitor Law Abiding Citizens under the blanket of āWhat if the mere act of collecting data could result in the identification of new targets?ā and " These Americans were not wanted for any crime, but the ATF expected they might commit a crime in the future."
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Why We Collect Your Data
In the past, domestic law enforcement agencies collected data AFTER a suspect had been identified. This often resulted in lost intelligence and missed opportunities. But what if data could be collected in advance, BEFORE the target was known? What if the mere act of collecting data could result in the identification of new targets?
What if we could build a national data warehouse containing information about every person in the United States? Thanks to secret interpretations of the PATRIOT ACT, top-secret Fourth Amendment exceptions allowed by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, and broad cooperation at the local, state, and federal level, we can!
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In 2021, AmmoLand News discovered through a leak that the ATF was using the FBIās NICS to monitor certain Americansā gun purchases. These Americans were not wanted for any crime, but the ATF expected they might commit a crime in the future. Some people were monitored because they were associated with groups and people that the government didnāt like. The monitoring period for the ATF target is 30, 60, 90, or 180 days.
Maybe they were Beta testing for some type of āMinority Reportā system they are trying to implementā¦
Simple really: āIF YOU BUY A GUNā¦ YOU COULD BE A TERRORISTāāThe ATF