As Gun Owners of America (GOA) appeals a court’s decision in its gag order case, multiple legacy media companies have filed amicus briefs in support of the gun rights organization.
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In 2021, AmmoLand News broke a story about a then-unknown Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) program that utilized the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI’s) National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) to monitor Americans’ gun purchases. The program was leaked to AmmoLand News through our sources within the federal government.
The subjects of the monitoring were Americans, in many cases, who were not suspected of committing any crime. Some of these targets were subject to surveillance because the government believed they might commit a crime in the future or were associated with individuals of concern. In a later Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by GOA, it was shown that the ATF was using the program to help anti-gun states monitor people who might be buying guns out of state, which violates their home state’s law.
Because of these disturbing uses of NICS by the ATF, GOA filed a FOIA request to get information on just who was monitored by the government surveillance programs. After a lengthy fight and resistance by the ATF, the Bureau finally relented and turned over the requested documents to the gun rights group.
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