From a guy who has repeatedly gone at it with the ATF over firearms, who also happens to be a federal agent with another agency, please read the below and let it sink in.  Internalize it.

I've been following this case closely since its beginning.  I several times ordered FRT-15 triggers, and they were repeatedly "lost" by USPS before reaching me.  I was hoping that I could get a few when I am back stateside.  Well...

Two days ago, the judge in the current case in the Eastern District of New York decided against transferring the case to a jurisdiction that would most certainly have been much more favorable for Rarebreed.  Why?  It was the judge's idea to transfer it to Texas in the first place...what gives?

Well.  Rare Breed previously testified to her court that New York had no personal jurisdiction because they had never sold FRT-15s or FRT-15 parts to anyone or any company in New York.  They acknowledged that they had sent packages to New York, but stated the packages were from Rare Breed Firearms and that those packages just contained swag and the like.  Except that the ATF then got the post office to provide shipping records, and went knocking on doors, and then presented the court with copies of receipt(s) for FRT-15 parts sent directly to New York, along with statements from Torys who told ATF they had purchased FRT-15s and received them in New York.  The receipts, coupled with the USPS records, induced Rare Breed to silence on that issue.  The judge was not happy.  At all.

So let's use this as a lesson for you all.  If you ever want to, or are afraid you may involuntarily have to, go up against the government (or anyone, for that matter) in court...

First, don't lie to the judge.  Say this about 50 times. Don't lie to the judge.  You can choose to remain silent.  You can genuinely and honestly not remember something.  Lying to the judge will make something that was leaning in your favor much harder to win, even if you are right about whatever the central issue is. Don't lie to the judge.  Remain silent, or tell the truth, or tell part of the truth if your legal counsel recommends it.  But don't tell something objectively not true to the judge.

Second, despite popular belief, you can make a difference.  But if you are going to put yourself out on the mat, make sure all your i's are dotted and t's crossed.  If you're going to knowingly be the nail that is sticking up begging to be hammered down, don't have a bunch of dirty laundry in the closet that is going to be used against you and potentially turn your one legal fight/issue into many.  

Finally, never consent to someone entering your home.  They can talk to you on the porch if someone shows up and wants to have a sit down chat.  Unless you have war gamed and preplanned to enable a situation meant to allow them to mess up (here is looking at you, ATF dumb dumbs that showed up to confiscate stuff that I called in and talked about to you...knowing that you'd show up and overreact.  We went to the same Criminal Investigator Training Program, remember?).  

Ultimately, going full circle back to Rare Breed- if you're going to do something that is going to get attention...it might be unpopular, and the .gov might hate it, but as long as you live squeaky clean, and leave no actual legitimate or even reasonably questionable cause for action against you, you're probably in pretty good shape.

Also...for the record, I'm still in Rare Breed's corner, and I hope they win this.  Though I expect it will be on appeal at this point.

I did say "Probably".  There will always be a few loud mouths like me drawing most their fire.

The judge wanted to move the case to a better venue, and went on record saying as much.  Then reversed course after being lied to.  Judges really don't like being lied to.

That is interesting...since the judge denied ATFs request for their customer list.

Rare Breed choose to remain silent when the judge asked if they had lied...and would not comment on the evidence presented.

Tracking- just interesting that this is the first I've heard of letters going out other than onsie twosie.