When Patrick “Tate” Adamiak was arrested and convicted of possessing numerous illegal weapons, it was the Biden administration, and we all know that there would be no hope for the then active-duty sailor. Never mind that the trial never should have happened, and that the only reason a jury convicted him was that the judge blocked some important testimony from being heard. The truth was that he was yet another casualty in the ATF’s desire to look like they could actually do something.
At least he survived the ordeal.
Still, when Trump returned to office, so did hope that Adamiak could get a presidential pardon. That would wipe the slate clean for him and potentially allow him to return to active duty, where he could pursue his goal of becoming a SEAL.
Unfortunately, it seems like that’s just not happening.
Federal inmate #95252-509, Patrick “Tate” Adamiak, is starting the third year of his 20-year sentence behind bars at a decrepit prison in Fort Dix, New Jersey.
Despite his lengthy federal sentence, Adamiak did nothing wrong. He broke no laws or ATF regulations. The more than 30 stories we have written about his federal charges have proven that.
Adamiak’s appellate attorney, Matt Larosiere, is enraged.
“Tate did absolutely nothing wrong, aside from exercising his rights, and not even his Second Amendment rights,” Larosiere said Monday. “Apparently, the Biden administration and now the Trump administration ratifies punishing people for engaging in lawful commerce.”
Adamiak has a resentencing hearing scheduled in June.
“Nothing is happening there,” Larosiere said. “The government is still holding fast to their ‘We want to kill this guy’ attitude. We still need to file a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court, and within 45 days it will be filed.”
Larosiere does not think much of the government’s subtle, behind-the-scenes interest in Adamiak’s case.
“It was really disruptive,” he said. “Words without action really took a lot of effort away from preparing the actual case—chasing empty promises.”
No doubt.
The truth is that, when you look at the actual evidence and know what you’re seeing–something the ATF should have recognized, but a jury likely wouldn’t–then it’s clear as day that nothing Adamiak possessed was illegal.
Most weren’t even functional firearms.
The two MAC-10s were legal, collectible semi-auto versions.
The STEN was a replica that the ATF did some pretty significant modifications to just to get it to fire, but it could never fire more than one round due to how they jury-rigged the magazine to fit in the thing.
The RPG was demilled and wasn’t functional.
Other so-called weapons were simply incomplete receiver parts, all perfectly legal under federal law.
Time and time again, the evidence was clearly not in support of Adamiak having committed any crime, so why is it that everyone keeps wanting to drag their butts on fixing this?
The fact that the Trump administration hasn’t acted on this also adds to the concerns I developed after several officials, including the president himself, made relatively anti-gun comments following the Alex Pretti shooting.
Do our rights matter? Does justice actually matter?
This can be set to right. All it takes is action, so what’s the holdup?
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