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mr.72 wrote:

fireball wrote:In late June, ATF called co worker on phone to make an appointment to come by house to make sure co worker still had the two guns and was not a straw buyer for someone else.

How is this not unlawful search and seizure?

There is no evidence of a crime, there is no charge being investigated, nothing.

Presumably, the purchaser gave his consent for the agent to enter his home and examine the guns. Had he refused to consent and they searched anyway, that would be unlawful. My concern is how the ATF got the info about the purchase in the first place. Did they go to the store and search through the records? Or does the store contact the ATF about all gun sales as a matter of policy? I would be irate with any retailer who gave out my personal info regarding the sale of any product, especially guns, and especially to the feds. Unless the feds showed up and bullied the store into releasing the info, I'd never shop at that store (and possibly that chain) again.