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octoberlib

(14,971 posts)
Sat May 30, 2020, 03:34 PM May 2020

People are reporting getting automated calls from the ATF warning of civil unrest

Asher lives in Nebraska






Welp, just got an automated call from the ATF warning me of civil unrest and to secure my "inventory" and records. I have a Federal Firearms License (03, collector of curios and relics); maybe they're calling all FFLs, commercial or not?




An FFL-03 is purely for personal buying/selling of vintage weapons (generally > 50 years old), no commercial sales allowed. Not sure why FFL needs to warn me about the "looting of businesses". Unless:





This could be a routine thing, but I had the same license when I lived in Oakland from 2013-2016 and don't recall ever receiving such a call.

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People are reporting getting automated calls from the ATF warning of civil unrest (Original Post) octoberlib May 2020 OP
everything on twitter is true nt msongs May 2020 #1
I know this guy. octoberlib May 2020 #2
So it must be false because it's on Twitter? FreeState May 2020 #7
I'd say that it's a fraudulent call. Eyeball_Kid May 2020 #3
sounds like a scam samnsara May 2020 #4
I'd question the origin of those robodialers. Initech May 2020 #5
I googled - no sign of the ATF having such a program Dennis Donovan May 2020 #6
Wouldn't it be great if everybody legitimately pissed off at the police stayed home tonight and the world wide wally May 2020 #8

FreeState

(10,553 posts)
7. So it must be false because it's on Twitter?
Sat May 30, 2020, 03:56 PM
May 2020

Not really helpful. Use facts to prove things false not narratives.

Eyeball_Kid

(7,410 posts)
3. I'd say that it's a fraudulent call.
Sat May 30, 2020, 03:46 PM
May 2020

ATF wouldn’t waste their time on this. It’s a third party scare tactic.

Initech

(99,915 posts)
5. I'd question the origin of those robodialers.
Sat May 30, 2020, 03:51 PM
May 2020

If they come from an unlisted number, or they are using a VPN (which is usually true about 90% of the time), it's most likely from a foreign entity.

Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
6. I googled - no sign of the ATF having such a program
Sat May 30, 2020, 03:53 PM
May 2020


If anything, I suspect NRA fuckery. Scare tactics to up their empty coffers.

world wide wally

(21,719 posts)
8. Wouldn't it be great if everybody legitimately pissed off at the police stayed home tonight and the
Sat May 30, 2020, 04:02 PM
May 2020

ONLY people out there were right wingers

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