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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPeople are reporting getting automated calls from the ATF warning of civil unrest
Asher lives in Nebraska
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Welp, just got an automated call from the ATF warning me of civil unrest and to secure my "inventory" and records. I have a Federal Firearms License (03, collector of curios and relics); maybe they're calling all FFLs, commercial or not?
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An FFL-03 is purely for personal buying/selling of vintage weapons (generally > 50 years old), no commercial sales allowed. Not sure why FFL needs to warn me about the "looting of businesses". Unless:
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This could be a routine thing, but I had the same license when I lived in Oakland from 2013-2016 and don't recall ever receiving such a call.
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People are reporting getting automated calls from the ATF warning of civil unrest (Original Post)
octoberlib
May 2020
OP
Wouldn't it be great if everybody legitimately pissed off at the police stayed home tonight and the
world wide wally
May 2020
#8
msongs
(67,394 posts)1. everything on twitter is true nt
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)2. I know this guy.
FreeState
(10,570 posts)7. So it must be false because it's on Twitter?
Not really helpful. Use facts to prove things false not narratives.
Eyeball_Kid
(7,430 posts)3. I'd say that it's a fraudulent call.
ATF wouldnt waste their time on this. Its a third party scare tactic.
samnsara
(17,616 posts)4. sounds like a scam
Initech
(100,063 posts)5. I'd question the origin of those robodialers.
If they come from an unlisted number, or they are using a VPN (which is usually true about 90% of the time), it's most likely from a foreign entity.
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)6. I googled - no sign of the ATF having such a program
If anything, I suspect NRA fuckery. Scare tactics to up their empty coffers.
world wide wally
(21,740 posts)8. Wouldn't it be great if everybody legitimately pissed off at the police stayed home tonight and the
ONLY people out there were right wingers