If this wasn’t on the Federal Business Opportunities (federal government) web site, I’d think it was one of those Internet urban legends. No such luck.
This is a link to an ATF order for 2000 Blue Leatherman Micra pocket tools. It wants them all engraved with “ATF-Asset Forfeiture” and “Always Think Forfeiture”
See:
http://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOJ/BATF/APMD/840400000029/Amendment%20to%20Combined%20Synopsis_Solicitation%2003.html
Apparently, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (formerly just Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms — ATF) thinks that ATF stands for “Always Think Forfeiture.” Very funny. Comforting to know that this federal agency has seizing citizens’ assets as such a high priority.
ATF has always been known for its heavy-handed tactics but this seems a bit brazen, even for ATF.