Weatherford, TX — They came before sunrise, hiding their badges and their names, tape over cameras and ballistic vests covering any semblance of officialdom.
They broke down the door of a sleeping man, ignored their own rules, and in under two minutes—Brian Malinowski, a peaceful gun owner and respected airport executive, lay dying in a hallway of his own home.
This is not a mistake. It’s not an anomaly. It’s not an unfortunate footnote in an otherwise honorable agency’s history.
This is the ATF doing exactly what it was built to do—and exactly why it must be abolished now.
A Law-Abiding Citizen, Hunted by His Own Government
On March 19, 2024, federal agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) executed a pre-dawn raid on the Malinowski home in Little Rock, Arkansas.
They never knocked in any meaningful sense. They never announced their presence.
Instead, they taped over the Ring camera, pried the storm door open, and bashed their way in with a battering ram.
In the darkness, Malinowski believed he and his wife were under attack.
Like any responsible gun owner would, he grabbed a firearm and tried to protect his family. He fired a shot at the floor, hitting an agent’s boot.
The agents responded by putting a bullet in his skull.
He died two days later—and never even knew why they were there.
A Lawsuit That Rips the ATF Wide Open
Earlier this month, Maria “Maer” Malinowski filed a federal lawsuit, exposing what we all suspected: this was a rogue agency operating above the law.
The complaint is chilling.
The agents never wore body cameras, in violation of DOJ policy.
They ignored standard protocols, failed to identify themselves, and offered no medical aid after the shooting.
They detained Maer in underwear, in 30-degree weather, for hours.
The search warrant wasn’t for an arrest. It was for records of gun sales—based on a vague suspicion that Bryan had violated the ATF’s ever-changing “engaged in the business” rule.
That rule? It didn’t even exist yet.
The standard for requiring a Federal Firearms License (FFL) was changed after Bryan’s death. He was raided and killed for violating a regulation that wasn’t law at the time.
This is not enforcement. It’s state-sponsored violence.
The ATF Has Always Been a Threat to Freedom
If this sounds familiar, it’s because it is.
We’ve seen this movie before—Ruby Ridge, 1992. Waco, 1993. Blood on the hands of federal agents then, just as now.
In the years since, the ATF has only grown more bloated, more reckless, more hostile toward gun owners.
Remember the Zero Tolerance Policy, where the ATF was revoking FFLs over paperwork typos?
Dozens of small-business gun dealers were forced out of business for clerical errors, not criminal conduct.
Only recently did Congress finally repeal that policy. But how many livelihoods were destroyed before they acted?
Of course, the ATF’s tyrannical overreach isn’t confined to home raids and gun store witch hunts.
The agency has made a habit of turning law-abiding citizens into felons overnight through regulatory fiat.
Their pistol brace rule outlawed millions of previously legal firearms, until the courts struck it down.
Their “engaged in the business” rule was rewritten to trap hobbyist collectors like Bryan Malinowski.
And forced reset triggers (FRTs)—legal under federal law—were suddenly reclassified as machine guns.
Thanks to groups like Texas Gun Rights, that FRT overreach was recently smacked down in federal court.
TXGR’s legal win helped prove what many of us already knew: the ATF is making law, not enforcing it, and they’re doing it against gun owners.
Reform Is a Lie, Abolition Is the Only Answer
In the wake of Brian Malinowski’s death, the ATF claims it’s “reviewing its policies” and “working to rebuild trust.”
That’s propaganda. There’s no trust to rebuild when the entire foundation is rot.
The ATF doesn’t need oversight. It needs a padlock and a bulldozer.
It must be abolished, and the laws that give it power—the National Firearms Act of 1934 and the Gun Control Act of 1968—must be repealed.
This is not a fringe demand. It’s a constitutional necessity.
The Second Amendment Exists to Stop This
Let’s remember why the Second Amendment exists—not for deer hunting or sport shooting, but as a safeguard against tyranny.
Our Founders gave us the right to bear arms because they didn’t trust the government.
The very existence of the ATF undermines that safeguard.
The agency doesn’t prevent crime. It creates criminals.
It doesn’t serve justice. It enforces oppression.
And unless Congress acts while it still can — while Republicans control the House, Senate, and White House — the ATF will remain a ticking time bomb.
The next time Democrats take power, they’ll inherit a federal gun control army with an ever-expanding mandate to crush freedom.
Never forget, the founders of our country believed Government should fear the people, not the other way around.
The ATF should be nothing more than a convenience store—and with your help, it will be.
Justice for Bryan Malinowski. Liberty for the American people.
