ATF's Own Documents Show it is
Corrupt and Ripe for Replacement

Every Friday afternoon the ATF sends out press releases from its 25 Field Divisions – big cities like Los Angeles, Miami, New York and 22 more. Users have to sign up to receive the emails, which usually describe the arrests the ATF claims it made during the week.

By far the vast majority of the actions described in the press releases – the arrests and the investigations – were not the result of any work by the ATF. The arrests were made by local cops who found a stolen gun or noticed that their suspect was a convicted felon and should not have possessed a firearm.

The ATF is usually brought into these investigations only after the arrest, once the real police have lodged their suspect in a county jail.

Still, according to the ATF's own weekly emails, the agency takes credit for everything the local cops have done – every single lead or arrest – even though their special agents never left the building and never arrested or even met the bad guys.

The following are some of the press releases from 10 of the ATF's 25 Field Divisions, which were sent around 3 p.m. on Friday, March 7, 2025. Five of the ATF Field Divisions did not send out any press releases. .....