does the ATF ever bust people for alcohol, or tobacco?

[arcane1]

:shrug:


if they have, I've never heard of it, anyway... seems they are always dealing with guns & drugs...

[davepc]

1. ask a wholesaler who sells cigarettes without tax stamps

[Champ]

2. Is there places that allow that?

I've heard they do it on the reservations but I'm not 100%.

[LostInAnomie]

3. God I hope not...

... or me and my still are in some deep shit!

[amazona]

4. I've heard of revenooers in Mississippi

Can't say I ever heard of anyone getting busted in Louisiana but that Cajun peach-flavored moonshine probably does not attract many customers outside a very tightknit crowd so if I were the ATF I wouldn't bother with it either.

The conservation movement is a breeding ground of communists
and other subversives. We intend to clean them out,
even if it means rounding up every birdwatcher in the country.
--John Mitchell, US Attorney General 1969-72

[texas1928]

5. They busted My Senior Class' year end bash

cause some nit wit was dumb enough to invite the principals daughter and gave her directions to it and everything. So here comes the ATF.

[redqueen]

6. Wow

I'm surprised the ATF would care about a few high schoolers partying.

:crazy:

[texas1928]

7. A few.

it was the whole class and guests. about 300 people.

[redqueen]

8. yeahbut

It's a frickin HIGH SCHOOL party!

I thought they were supposed to bust moonshiners and black marketers or whatever they're called... maybe I just misunderstood their mission.

[texas1928]

9. Well in there area of texas I grew up in

you do not get a lot of Moonshining. They usually went around and made sure that bars, liquor stores, and convience stores were not selling to minors. and then the occassional gun raid and all. They were probably bored.

[fnottr]

10. hmmmm....

I thought that's what normal cops were for.....at least they do that over here

[MountainLaurel]

11. Yes

A few years ago they busted a moonshine ring in the Blue Ridge Mountains. These guys were selling tens of thousands of gallons of the stuff every year.

Busting for drugs is more the DEA's responsibility. The reason ATF handles alcohol is because of the tax evasion issue -- ATF is part of the Treasury Dept., while DEA is in Justice.