So those wonderful, oath-keeping, Constitution-upholding, best-of-the-best-of-the-best, testilying, batfuck crazies over at the BATFX have a guy in charge of licensing one of the two classes of tools explicitly protected by the Bill of Rights, Russell Vanderwerf.
Russ, it seems, is a hell of a nice guy and an exemplar citizen:
Saturday, December 12, 2009ATF Gun Licensing Director Russell Vanderwerf Arrested
You might be able to make this up. But it would require a pretty disturbed mind. Where to begin. Initially being investigated for disabling the fire alarm systems in his hotel room, due to shower steam, he claimed, it was discovered he had replaced the hotel room door with a piece of plywood. The plywood contained a circular padded hole believed to be used for sexual acts. See gloryhole. Yes, it was facing the hotel hallway. It would seem he was interested in inspecting more than firearms. h/t BJ in email. And, no, I’m not making that up, either.
He serves as the director of industry operations for ATF’s Houston field office. The industry operations division is the regulatory arm of the agency, responsible for overseeing the inspection of all federal gun and explosives licensees, said ATF spokesman Drew Wade. He confirmed that Vanderwerf was in the New Orleans area on official business.
Yeah, I trust these guys to decide whether or not I’m fit to exercise my Constitutionally protected rights.
Uh huh. Sure I do.
“Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms: great convenience store, shitty government agency.”
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