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Re: BATFE Director Buckles resigning to enter private $ector

yup, you should be mighty proud, Mr. Buckles, might proud :(

So was he an instigator of the madness, or merely a figurehead for politically-driven policies? (I.e., will a change of director make any real difference?)

-davew

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David Weinshenker
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dunno, but he signed the NPRM 968

and I would expect that any policy of enforcement (or mischief like the video to demonstrate the effectiveness of weaponized HPR) would have to come from, or be approved by, his office.

- iz

David We> Ismaeel Abdur-Rasheed wrote:

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Ismaeel Abdur-Rasheed

Ok, wasn't there a rumor that a 'big dawg' at the BATFE wife left him for a guy who does rockets??? If said rumor is true would it be this guy?

Ted Novak TRA#5512

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nedtovak

Probably not.

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Jerry Irvine

some nice family pictures of Mr. Buckles

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I found that, according to a brief biography at
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friend Mr. Buckles went to school in Wyoming, from whence hails Sen. Enzi and John Wickman!

I also found this inspiring quote from a radio interview at

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"I think that an agency like ATF that has had a history of people challenging whether or not we should exist, how we do our business, has, from a government agency point of view, been very difficult." As a consequence, Buckles reports that ATF is working hard to "prove our worth. We're going to attempt to hold ourselves more accountable publicly," he says."

and just for fun, here's a few high points of his leadership of the agency:

  • a U.S District Judge declared BATFE demand for gun shop records was illegal
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  • an author whose book was "highly critical" of the agency was harassed, and his exwife asked to inform against him by agents
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  • the Radio-Television News Directors Association protested FBI and BATFE agents disguising themselves as journalists in order to photograph protestors outside of a courthouse
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  • congressman questions why BATF computers were not prepared for year
2000, requiring firearms license processing to be done manually
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  • a House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee questioned him on two gun issues, including BATFs failure to provide forms by the time their use by firearms dealers was mandated
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  • wine labelling requirement changes evoke protest from the Wine Caucus in Congress
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    and we all know about the SEA, and its impact on the scheduled July 4th fireworks

anyone here for a "Senator Buckles" ?

- iz

nedtovak wrote:

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Ismaeel Abdur-Rasheed

And now he's going to work for the RIAA going after kids downloading MP3's...

Tom

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Tom Binford

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