the atf has a very nasty record and history so this is just a blip on their day but not for the family;

(Editor’s Note: Another day, another ATF story it seems, hardly any of them painting a glowing picture of the agency and how it operates. Thanks to SAF’s Investigative Journalism Project and Lee Williams for sharing this one.)

Mark “Choppa” Manley is a gun owner, a gun collector and a Second Amendment advocate who has more than 70 legally owned firearms stored in a gun safe at his Baltimore home. 

All of his firearms comply with both federal law and the laws of Maryland. He is always very careful about that. 

Manley works as an intervention specialist for his local school district. His day begins early and ends late, usually around 7 p.m., because he also coaches girls’ flag football. 

Manley and his wife, who did not want her first name used in this story, get up early for their jobs. For them, November 21st began just like any other workday. 

The Raid

“The morning of the raid started just like any other morning,” Manley told the Second Amendment Foundation’s Investigative Journalism Project. 

“My wife went downstairs around 4:30 a.m. to make coffee,” he said. “I was sitting on the side of the bed, getting myself together.” 

“Mark, there’s someone outside the house!” his wife yelled. She saw people moving around in their front yard. .........more.........