FBI Carried Out Warrantless Monitoring on Man Who Posted Guns for Sale on Facebook
“People like to try new guns. They overextend themselves financially, and then they sell part of their collection to fund their hobby”
Epoch Times , Bio and Archives--January 11, 2025
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A Texas man who posted on Facebook that he was selling his guns was placed under warrantless surveillance by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), which investigated the man and made no arrest, yet passed his information to the FBI to monitor him for at least six months.
According to internal documents reviewed by The Epoch Times, two ATF special agents interviewed the Hispanic man who admitted to “advertising” his personal firearms for sale on Facebook. He stated that he had a “habit” of purchasing new guns, tinkering with them, losing interest, and subsequently selling them. The man told the agents that he never made a profit. ---More...
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