Gun Store Owner Defies ATF Demand For His Customer List

A gun store owner is in hot water with the ATF for selling kits to build an AR-15.Apparently, the ATF thinks the kits are illegal. That’s to be determined later. But the ATF also wants the gun shop owner’s customer list. No warrant, no legal authority to demand it, and yet they threaten him with a raid if he doesn’t comply.

Here are the details from Fox 4:

Dimitrios Karras, owner of Ares Armor, said the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents were investigating their business, not for what they sell, but for the people who purchase their products.

Karras said the ATF threatened to shutter their business if they didn’t hand over the names of 5,000 customers who have purchased an 80 percent lower receiver (the base) for building an AR-15.

It is legal to build a rifle from scratch without serial numbers only if the base is manufactured to ATF specifications. The base is not considered a firearm if it’s sold separately.

A manufacturer made an 80 percent receiver in plastic with a different material and colors which show exactly where the customer can drill making it easier and cheaper to build. The ATF said it is illegal.

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