The circumstances of Tate’s case have taken the most devastating turn for the worst. On Friday, October 21, 2022, Tate was convicted of five felony charges and had his bond revoked. He was taken away after a sham of a trial where the Assistant U.S. Attorney showed the jury a barrage of evidence of legal items that weren’t even the subject of any charges.

The prosecution attacked his character and confused the jury by showing endless images of his legal inventory—simply because they didn’t have the evidence to support their case. Unfortunately, the jury bought it.

Additionally, a number of extremely pertinent Supreme Court decisions were not allowed to be considered in jury deliberation. These rulings would have had immense impact on how the jury considered the facts and the law surrounding these charges.

Tate’s trial was a seemingly endless line of ATF “experts” contradicting each other, engaging in character smearing, and featuring a shameful display from their star witness—a convicted felon who lied repeatedly on the stand. It was, in short, a grotesque miscarriage of justice.

And now, the battle for an appeal begins. Tate desperately needs your help now more than ever because he doesn’t even have the freedom to fight for his own justice.

This conviction is yet another display of the ATF’s unconstitutional overreach and infringement upon law-abiding citizens’ constitutional rights. If you believe, as we do, that our constitutional rights are unalienable and should never be infringed upon by the government, then please help us in this fight moving forward.

As always, no donation is too small—every cent will go towards legal fees. If there is any excess, it will be donated to a pro-Second Amendment organization.