ATF Inspector, With No Police Authority, Stops Gun Purchase Claiming Buyer Smelled of Marijuana

ATF Inspector, With No Police Authority, Stops Gun Purchase Claiming Buyer Smelled of Marijuana

In a small, but significant example of more government overreach, an ATF Industry Operations Investigator violated the Second Amendment rights of a central Florida man last month when he ordered a gun dealer to halt a pistol sale because he believed the purchaser possibly smelled of marijuana.

The Industry Operations Investigator, or IOI, who is based out of ATF’s Tampa Field Office, was conducting a routine audit of a Plant City-based gun dealer when Daniel (last name withheld at his request) walked in to pick up a 9mm Beretta APX he had ordered through Gun Broker, which had been shipped from a pawn shop in Alabama.

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