Agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE), allegedly acting without warrants or legislative authority, seized firearms from at least 50 gun show patrons in Virginia according to congressional testimony and an agency document. Witnesses also testified that African-American and female gun buyers in Richmond, Va., and Pittsburgh, Pa., were profiled based on their race or sex and some in Pittsburgh were threatened with arrest by agents for alleged actions that are not violations of law.
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