Oren wrote:
Did you buy your guns privately (without
papers), or through proper channels? If you did it privately so as to
avoid registration (which is legal in many states), ATF may have a
'heightened interest' in your property."


Buying guns "privately," as you said is legal in many states. As such, it IS
proper.

Plus, even if you buy your gun at a gun store, the ATF is not in the loop.
They do not know, nor have any way OF knowing, that you bought a gun (unless
they physically visit the store). In those states where the state has to be
informed of gun transfers, I don't think the state mentions the fact to the
ATF either.

You see, the ATF doesn't need to know, nor even wants to know, about your
guns. They will burn you out and kill your children if they merely feel like
it or if today is Tuesday.