YouTube Star FPS Russia Raided By The ATF

With 4 million YouTube subscribers I’m sure many of you know who FPS Russia is. For those that don’t know who Kyle “FPS Russia” Myers is he host a YouTube channel on firearms. He does the show with an obvious fake Russian accent while testing various weapons, and blowing lots of things up. There are usually several explosions in every episode. Which is the supposed reason for the raid. The Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) suspected him of using explosives “with malicious intent” because of the cars, fridges, mannequins and other objects regularly blown up on the channel.

The Raid

The ATF being bored and a complete waste of tax money decided to waste even more and come after FPS Russia. The train of thought used by them was that he was blowing things up and getting paid for it. If he was doing business in explosives, The ATF believes that he should have obtained federal explosives manufacturing license needed “to engage in the business of manufacturing explosives for sale, distribution or for their own business,” the ATF spokesperson explained. Basically the government felt that he was making money and wanted to steal it at gun point. Many gun points in fact. The ATF worked with the FBI and two local agencies and raided his home, that they are calling a “compound” , and his fathers farm with over forty agents. They of course found no illegal explosives. One ATF spokesperson said “The idea at one of the locations was to take firearms, but they did not do that,”. They wanted to take his legally obtained weapons simply because he had a lot of them.

Enter Tannerite

For his videos FPS Russia used Tennerite, a patented binary explosive used in firearms training because it explodes when hit by a bullet. Tannerite is unique in that it is exceptionally stable when subjected to less severe forces such as a hammer blow or being dropped. It is supplied as two powders which are combined to produce the explosive. The two components are completely legal since they are not explosive individually however once mixed they cannot be transported without strict regulations. They are not illegal explosives that the ATF has reason to confiscate nor raid.

Stupid Government

The ATF completely abused their power, wasted tax money and left empty handed. They infringed on a US citizens personal freedom and raided his home. No one was hurt in his fridge explosions, people love his videos. The government tried to stop a man from living the dream. FPS Russia is getting paid for shooting guns and blowing shit up. What red blooded American would not love doing that. As far as I concerned the ATF needs to be renamed to the Bureau of Boredom. They want to tax fun so no one will enjoy living. It’s like the government is afraid of a happy populace.

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