Anchorage-area firearms dealers are being invited to a June 5 seminar by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives nearly two months after a controversy erupted that set off alarms among Northwest gun rights activists and got the attention of Alaska Congressman Don Young.
The ATF field office in Anchorage takes direction from the Seattle Field Division office, and in January, an agent in Anchorage approached several local gun shops including Great Northern Guns, asking for their bound books, containing information on all gun transactions, so he could make copies. Great Northern Guns, as this column noted, refused. The agent departed, but that was hardly the end of things.
Members of the WaGuns, Seattle Guns and Gun Rights Media forums have been watching this situation unfold, over concerns that it could happen here.
Alan Gottlieb, founder and executive vice president of the Bellevue-based Second Amendment Foundation in Bellevue has also been on top of the situation, and on his advice, Joseph Andreis, owner of Great Northern Guns, and store manager Frank Caiazza both sent letters to ATF resident agent Michael Graham in Anchorage seeking answers. So far, they haven’t gotten any, or even a formal response from the ATF .
Perhaps Young’s inquiry will change that, and no doubt it will come up at the June 5 afternoon meeting at the Federal Building annex.
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Yep, this one does NOT bode well... Will be interested in the rest of the story as they say!
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