{"id":2659395,"date":"2026-09-12T16:04:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T20:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/just-because-they-hated-guns-trump-pardons-sailor-bidens-atf-put-away-for-20-years-over-a-toy-gun\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T16:05:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T20:05:50","slug":"just-because-they-hated-guns-trump-pardons-sailor-bidens-atf-put-away-for-20-years-over-a-toy-gun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/just-because-they-hated-guns-trump-pardons-sailor-bidens-atf-put-away-for-20-years-over-a-toy-gun\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Just Because They Hated Guns&#8217;: Trump Pardons Sailor Biden&#8217;s ATF Put Away for 20 Years Over a Toy Gun"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjust-because-they-hated-guns-trump-pardons-sailor-bidens-atf-put-away-for-20-years-over-a-toy-gun%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2659395&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump granted a pardon to a Navy sailor, Patrick \u201cTate\u201d Adamiak, who had been convicted on charges related to owning inert toy firearms. Adamiak was arrested in 2022 after a raid by the ATF and sentenced to 20 years amid claims that evidence was tampered with and that the devices involved were simply inert toy weapons. Critics, including the Second Amendment Foundation and Gun Owners of America, argued that the case was unjust and politically motivated, representing an overreach by the Biden administration aimed at targeting gun owners.The pardon marks a notable correction, with supporters expressing relief that Adamiak and others convicted on similar NFA-related charges have been granted clemency, allowing him to return home with his family.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump issued a pardon to a Navy sailor Friday who was convicted on charges over collectible items such as a toy gun by the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Patrick \u201cTate\u201d Adamiak, an active duty petty officer first class with the United States Navy, was <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/freedomfortate.org\/the-case\">arrested<\/a> after a 2022 raid carried out by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Following a trial, in which pro-Second Amendment organizations accused ATF of tampering with evidence, Adamiak was convicted and sentenced to 20 years in prison. <b><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cThe Biden administration basically just wanted to make an example out of someone, they picked this poor guy and basically threw the book at him and none of it was even factually substantiated and the government just lied,\u201d SAF Senior Director of Legal Operations Bill Sack told the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cSo it was incredibly corrupt, incredible bastardization of the justice system under Biden just because they hated guns.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">The devices in question were inert RPGs that had holes drilled into their receivers and were stripped of internal parts, according to SAF.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cThis is the day Tate and his family have fought for since his conviction 2023,\u201d Second Amendment Foundation Investigative Journalism Project editor Lee Williams said in a statement released by the group.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cWe have reported on this case on an almost weekly basis since his conviction and covered every angle of the story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cIn no way, shape or form did Tate deserve to be arrested, much less convicted for owning what are considered merely toy firearms,\u201d Williams continued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cWe are extremely thankful the administration saw an opportunity to right a wrong and are grateful Tate is now headed home to be with his family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Gun Owners of America (GOA) reported Friday three other people were also pardoned for NFA-related convictions by Trump.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. 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