By Dan Zimmerman Shooting News Weekly
North Dakota Congressman Kelly Armstrong had harsh words to share about one of Washington, D.C.'s most controversial federal agencies during a Congressional hearing last month.
I think we need to just take a step back here and recognize if this was anything else other than ATF and firearms, people would be apoplectic about how…this warrant was set up. But because it involves something that has a political reason…there's a person dead. Somebody is dead because the ATF decided to execute a warrant in the most unprofessional, irresponsible and dangerous way.
And I think that often times law enforcement have a very difficult job. The number one concern is the safety of the officer. But the reality of this is this was executed for reasons that make no procedural sense. They make no safety sense. And somebody is dead because they decided they wanted to go into a house at 1:00 a.m. of a known gun owner for the purpose of making…I can't think of anything else other than making a political statement.
— North Dakota Congressman Kelly Armstrong
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