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Gun sellers asset forfeiture nightmare inspires federal legislation
Athens Clyde had $950,000 seized without warning by IRS before winning settlement
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U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions addresses the issue of civil forfeiture while meeting with the nation's district attorneys July 17 in Minneapolis, Minn. Sessions said the Justice Department will soon make it easier for local law enforcement to seize cash and property from crime suspects and reap the proceeds. However legislation at both the federal and state level seeks to limit such seizures. - photo by Jerry Holt
Almost $1 million was drained from Andrew Clyde’s bank account on a Friday in 2013 as he worked in his store. On April 12, 2013, Athens gun shop Clyde Armory was mostly empty after a buying frenzy at the height of America’s run on guns. “We had sold everything in the store,” Clyde told The Times this month.