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Related: About this forumFPSRussia compound raid leaves 40-plus ATF, FBI agents empty-handed
The noise made by popular YouTube channel FPSRussia famous for destroying man-made mechanisms with the most advanced firearms has finally been heard in federal quarters. On Wednesday, Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) agents accompanied by FBI agents launched an operation at two locations in Georgia, looking for illegal explosives allegedly used by FPSRussia to produce its YouTube clips.
The ATF suspected Kyle Myers, the iconic 26-year-old host of FPSRussia, of using explosives with malicious intent, Onlineathens.com quoted ATF spokesperson Richard Coes as saying. Coes cited the cars, fridges and other objects that were regularly blown up on Myers channel.
With nearly 4 million subscribers, FPSRussia is one of the most popular YouTube channels, and is dedicated solely to guns and shooting and explosions. In the channels videos, Myers speaks with a strong Russian accent and demonstrates the use of exotic modern and vintage weapons, or anything else that can be shot, be it a WWII Soviet submachine gun, a 50-calibur sniper rifle, a flying drone, a rocket launcher, a tank or a cannon practically any weapon thats still functional.
http://www.youtube.com/user/FPSRussia
Clames
(2,038 posts)....
ileus
(15,396 posts)Will Sons of Guns be next?
How long before they start harassing regular gun owners?
Evidently the morans didn't watch enough of his videos before deciding to bust his chops for illegal explosives.
sylvi
(813 posts)Won't someone think of the poor refrigerators?!??!!!?
rdharma
(6,057 posts)Murder is state offense, and would likely be investigated by state or local cops unless it included a hate crime or other federal civil rights violation.
rdharma
(6,057 posts)Keith Ratliff should have armed himself!
friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)rdharma
(6,057 posts)That doesn't mean that there weren't any. Search warrants don't grow on trees.
friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)Just ask anyone familiar with the antiglobalization and/or Occupy movements.
rdharma
(6,057 posts)......... but probably not in this case.
friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)Still, if the Feds had found anything dodgy, I've no doubt they'd be showing it off like a prize
trophy...
rdharma
(6,057 posts).......that Myers had something to do with Keith Ratliff's murder.
CobblePuller
(38 posts)repeat.....