ATF’s New Era of Reform… Repealing the Pistol Brace Rule and Why It Means Nothing – Keep the cork in the bottle as it’s not time to celebrate. [More]
Mr. Wolf advises caution (NSFW), whereas the “wise” monkeys will decry that as “blackpilling.”
Category: ATF
ATF Acting Head Driscoll Literally Sleeping with the Enemy
Boy, talk about timing– this was submitted before the Cekada confirmation. Still, the same people praising him praised this guy. [More]
The First Test
Meet the New Boss…
The Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives with some Democratic backing on Wednesday, as the new director unveiled plans to roll back Biden-era firearms regulations. [More]
NSSF doesn’t just applaud, it celebrates.
Seems kind of an over-reaction…
Everybody realizes this will go away if Democrats take all…
The Short(er) List
The Trump administration will soon release a rule dealing with ATF’s illegal registry. It will change the Biden-era requirement that gun dealers permanently keep all firearm transaction records. [More]
Does it really “change everything“?
I wonder how many murderers have been convicted based on a gun left at the crime scene being traced back to their legal purchase of it.
[Via Jess]
Perpetual Motion
Plaintiffs have filed a motion for summary judgment in Roberts v. ATF, one of the Second Amendment Foundation’s (SAF) three supported lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the National Firearms Act’s (NFA) registration requirements for short-barreled firearms and silencers. [More]
I just keep coming back to “shall not be infringed” and wonder what evil madness has gripped what was supposed to be the exemplar of Liberty, and, noticing who’s fighting us on this and where the buck stops, what all those high-sounding promises really meant.
Always Willing to Help Out
Fight Could Have Been Avoided
DOJ Surrenders its Appeal in Fight Over ATF “Engaged in the Business” Rule… After the enormous pressure brought to bear by gun owners, DOJ is seeking a dismissal allowing the case to return to district court. [More]
Why was “enormous pressure” needed? What kind of resources had to be expended that now aren’t available to fight other infringements and advance the ball?
Why couldn’t it have been a tick box for the task force?
There I go “blackpilling” again.
What, there’s no room for that in the dialog…?
And what happens after Republicans blow things?
Dear Infringers,
Accordingly, we urge you to: 1) Issue a public statement that the ATF will not take further enforcement action regarding the classification of braced pistols as short-barrel rifles under the NFA; 2) Issue an interpretive rule clarifying that firearms equipped with stabilizing braces do not qualify as short-barreled rifles under the NFA; and 3) Through ongoing litigation, enter into a judicially-enforceable consent agreement, which would 1) permanently enjoin the ATF from attempting to revive the Biden-era Rule through new rulemaking and 2) permanently enjoin the ATF from taking any further enforcement action related to the classification of braced pistols as short-barreled rifles under the NFA. [More]
Must be primaries and midterms coming up…
Sorry, don’t mean to sound so cynical and distrusting. It’s just that I’m cynical and distrusting.
[Via Jess]
We’re the Only Ones Recordkeeping Enough
Affidavit: SAPD employee allegedly accessed internal info, shared photo with auto theft suspect [More]
And:
Unauthorized database searches in spotlight after Washington Co. deputy fired for misuse [More]
OK, but I’m sure ATF would never abuse its records, aren’t you?
[Via Steve T]
The Most Disloyal to MAGA Post You’ll Read All Day
ATF to Keep Biden-Era Frames and Receivers Rule in Place [More]
Hey… no blackpilling!
Nice to see “the first ever truly pro-Second Amendment nominee to head the agency” living up to my expectations.
[Via Jess]
The Case for Frangible Ammo
So Much for Assurances
Rogue ATF Defies Federal Courts, Continues To Target Law-Abiding Gun Owners Over ‘Illegal’ Pistol Brace Rule [More]
But…but…but Cekada:
“NSSF-Supported ATF Director Nominee Cekada Questioned at Senate Hearing, Vows ‘Not to Burden Law-Abiding Gun Owners’” the National Shooting Sports Foundation effused… the American Suppressor Association weighed in. “If confirmed, he would be the first ever truly pro-Second Amendment nominee to head the agency.”
[Via bondmen]
Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before
Gun Store Owner Indicted for Conspiracy and Attempting to Provide Material Support to Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations [More]
News stories here. Guns and Gadgets comentary here.
It’s hard to believe an FFL intimately familiar with ATF oversight could be this stupidly self-destructive and risk all over such limited returns, and anyone who remembers the ordeal of the Reese family, and how the full weight of the government, lying witnesses, and frozen assets make an adequate defense nigh-on impossible, will have their skepticism meter turned to “High.”
I stipulate I just heard about this story and have no evidence to back that up. It’s just that I don’t have a high degree of confidence that ATF has always been a truthful source about U.S. guns to Mexico.
[Via Jess]
DOJ Responds to Gun Rights Restoration FOIA Request
What criteria must citizens seeking similar relief need to meet to prove themselves eligible for equal treatment? [More]
It’s apparently a need-to-know secret, and you don’t need to know.
In Any Way, Shape, or eForm
Unfortunately, the implementation of this modification introduced a critical security flaw. According to sources familiar with the ATF’s internal operations, the update was not properly secured. Due to misconfigurations in the eForms system, the client-side form elements, those rendered in the user’s web browser, were vulnerable to manipulation. [More]
Sounds like incompetent administration all the way around, beginning with an inadequate request for proposal back when.
I’d love to see some of those “humorous, provocative, or outlandish” entries.
Anybody got the “step-by-step instructions on Reddit” link that has been deleted, and tried it on archive.today or Wayback Machine?
Brace Yourselves
In a blunt court filing from Monday, March 16, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) urged a federal judge to dismiss a high-profile challenge to its now-defunct pistol stabilizing brace rule, arguing the case has become completely moot. At the same time, the agency made clear it has no intention of abandoning enforcement against certain braced pistols under the National Firearms Act (NFA) and Gun Control Act (GCA). [More]
See, when Pam says “full might,” she also means “full might not.”
Time to Put Up
It is definitely time for ATF new leadership to take responsibility for Adamiak’s false arrest, fictitious prosecution and undeserved incarceration. [More]
After all, Cekada IS “the first ever truly pro-Second Amendment nominee to head the agency.” Our “gun rights leaders have told us so!
We’re All Suspects Now
Gun store owner says FBI asked him to check firearm sales against list of names, pics in Guthrie case… He said none of the names returned a match for firearm purchases within the past year. According to Martin, the agent told him investigators planned to visit additional gun stores to determine whether anyone on the list had recently bought a weapon. [More]
Why didn’t they just ask ATF?
What did Inspector Clouseau say?
[Via Steve T]
Supply and Demand
So where are the cartels getting their arms?
Anyway, I’d like to examine another side of this:
What do you guys do with the recovered guns? Do you try to return stolen ones to theft victims? Do you try to prosecute sellers? Will you make any available to We the People for the security of a free State, maybe turn ’em over to the CMP for resale, or do you just have them destroyed? By whom?