Quote Originally Posted by Skip View Post
^ Agree 1,000%

On the Joe Plumber scenario... I see that being like the IRS scandals. Sure, they can try, but look at the legitimacy they loose and then the tool is taken away from them. Fact is, they could do that with anything at anytime. And if they can't find a legitimate infraction, they can make one up.

If ATF gets laughed at in courtrooms all over the country, by the jurors, what good are they? Even they know this. Doing so announces every gun owner is fair game.
The goal here is not successful prosecutions, the goal here is to create fear that has a "chilling effect" on private sellers. They want people deciding to just put that gun back in the closet and forget about it instead of selling it (thus reducing inventory available in the market and increasing prices).

Its mostly about "counting coup in the culture war".