Internal Documents Reveal Tyrannical ATF Views Americans Who Make Homemade Firearms as Criminals, Terrorists, and Violent Extremists

It should come as no surprise that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is now expanding its definition of what constitutes a “terrorist” or an “extremist.”

Lee Williams, of the Truth About Guns, highlighted the ATF’s latest ploy to drum up anti-gun fear-mongering. This centers around the perceived bugaboo of “privately made firearms” (PMFs).

Towards the end of June, the Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team (JCAT) published an ATF document titled “First Responder Awareness of Privately Made Firearms May Prevent Illicit Activities.”

“JCAT is a collaboration by the NCTC, DHS and FBI to improve information sharing among federal, state, local, tribal, territorial governments and private sector partners, in the interest of enhancing public safety,” the document spelled out. “This product is NOT in response to a specific threat against the United States. It provides general awareness of, considerations for, and additional resources related to terrorist tactics, techniques and procedures, whether domestic or overseas.”

The ATF and JCAT believe that homemade firearms are part of a broader set of “terrorist tactics, techniques and procedures” despite the fact that Americans have engaged in assembling firearms within the confines of their homes all the way back to the colonial era — predating the foundation of the nation.

Williams observed that “The document was never supposed to be leaked to the media or the public, and is exempt from discovery through the federal Freedom of Information Act, but some freedom-loving soul published it online yesterday despite its ominous warning.”