This is surveillance of law abiding citizens. LEOs love it because the law abiding seldom shoot. Very safe duty. Little boring. Waste of tax money... And not "within the law" as a rule. "Probable cause," not "fising expeditions.
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Be vigilant about BATFE spying!
GOA has received a report from a very well-known journalist at a big newspaper that the FBI and BATFE are teaming up together to get off-the-record information on gun owners. The project, known as Vigilant Eagle, involves federal agents going to gun stores and doing "meet and greets" with shop owners in the hopes of obtaining informal information on people buying guns.
If you are a shop owner who is contacted by the FBI or BATFE as part of this program -- or if you are a gun owner who becomes aware that this program is going on in your area -- please contact GOA by going to
http://gunowners.net/cgi-bin/ttx.cgi?cmd=newticket and giving us the details of what you know. The journalist wants to run a story exposing Vigilant Eagle to the entire country.
