Category: ATF

The Devils We Know

“The devil you know,” he remarked, may be preferable to sprawling bureaucracies with even more power to interfere with lawful gun ownership. [More]

Couldn’t have said it better myself…

As for “ATF, when properly managed, serves a legitimate purpose—targeting violent offenders and assisting the firearms industry in compliance,” first, compliance with what that doesn’t run afoul of “shall not be infringed”?

As for “violent offenders,” there are three crimes the feds are Constitutionally delegated power to combat, and unless the baddies are committing treason, counterfeiting, or engaged in piracy, stopping them is a power ceded to the states by the Tenth Amendment.

Everything else is usurpation compounded with corrupt stare decisis.

Then He Slithered and Slunk, with a Smile Most Unpleasant, Around the Whole Room, and He Took Every Present!

What You Need to Know Before Gifting a Gun [Watch]

Do it in a way that won’t let the grinches steal your freedom.

If you’re a famous gun-grabber, you get a pass.

[Via Jess]

The Impossible Dream

How is it possible to do any part of the job without infringing on someone’s rights?

There’s no such thing as a good overseer. Some are just less cruel with their illegitimate power than others.

ATF Prosecutes Sheriff Over Using Department Guns at Public Machine Gun Shoot

Police designating themselves the “Only Ones” to be trusted with arms and claiming exemptions to infringements the people are subjected to invites corruption, and seeing officials “hoist with their own petard” hardly invites sympathy…So, it’s not unfair to wonder what’s in it for gun owners to come to Wendt’s defense? [More]

The greater danger is ATF subjectively assigning itself powers and having the courts agree with it.

The More the Merrier

Welcome to the party, pals!

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A Learning Experience

ATF Raid 3-D Printed Firearms Maker on Machinegun Charges [More]

Not to blame the victim, but if you’re going to engage in high law enforcement interdiction incentive activities, being judicious about who you share such knowledge with and circumspect in public commentary may lessen your risks of being caught.

Just sayin’.

None of which takes away his absolute right to have and say those things.

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We’re the Only Ones Rescinding Enough

ATF Revoked More Licenses in Fiscal Year 2024 Than in Any of the Past 20 Years [More]

The “independent journalists” at The Trace can’t help but gloat. Good thing they promise Bloomberg “seed money” has no influence on their “reporting.”

While reviewing this for history, text, and tradition, the most relevant Founding era viewpoint I could find says “He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.”

And here’s the most relevant contemporary article I could find about the character of such officers, in all their “glory.”

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Gunkapos Snitch to Feds?

[H]e was found out, I say found out because someone reported him to the ATF that he was selling firearms by a couple of Karens. Now we know who those Karens are and those Karens happen to be FFLs themselves. They are both gun shops in the Sterling Alaska area, so these FFLs turned in a fellow gun enthusiast because they wanted his business. [Watch]

I won’t have time to do this for a while, so if any of you can locate these gun stores’ social media accounts, it would be helpful to link to any related posting and commenting going on.

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No. She Can’t. Not in This Context. She’s Not a Gunsmith.

Based on results, ATF can’t, either.

She’s just wondering if “ghost guns” can also fire 800 rounds a second.

It’s OK to say “she,” isn’t it?

An Age-Old Question

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard oral argument today in the Reese v. ATF lawsuit involving a federal gun control law preventing young adults from purchasing handguns from FFLs. [Watch]

The ultimate absurdity is young adults being old enough to vote for the government to tell them they’re not old enough to own guns.

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A Numbers Game

We have breaking news. We now know the firearm, according to reports, that was used by the anti-Trump guy who tried to assassinate President Trump on Sunday, that apparently the serial number has been obliterated or partially obliterated. Now this is a big deal because it’s going to play a role in the October 8th oral argument in the Vanderstok case before the US Supreme Court, so let’s connect some dots. [Watch]

If he was a prohibited person, a serial number wouldn’t trace to him anyway.

Don’t expect the Democrat DOJ, politicians, and DSM to acknowledge that when they have an opportunity to spook the herd and guin up hysteria.

He also make a good point about including such information on 4473s that the BIDS system exposes. The antis lie about why they want “background checks,” too.

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We’re the Only Ones Rekindling Enough

Two months after the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives shared its findings on the cause of the Lahaina wildfire with Maui County officials, the agency continues to withhold that information from the public. The bureau’s spokesman said he is mystified as to why. [More]

I hope no one is suggesting the impact on property values has worked to the advantage of certain connected parties or anything… or that certain agencies are motivated by anything other than the whole truth…

Forced Reset

From Len Savage via email:

A forced reset trigger does exactly what it sounds. It forces the trigger to reset.

So when you pull the trigger, there is a cam (compared to traditional AR triggers) that pushes your trigger forward, back to the ‘start’ position which allows you to fire your subsequent shots much quicker. The cam also will not let you pull the trigger until a fresh round of ammo is chambered and ready to fire. Once it chambers a fresh round the cam then drops away and you can only then pull the trigger.

With a forced reset trigger you have essentially taken semi automatic method of fire to near 100% efficiency (not unlike a bump stock in that regard). By forcing the reset and limiting the trigger travel there is an economy of time and movement that allows for a rate of fire near that of the host firearm cyclic rate.

It’s not a machine gun because you are pulling the trigger once for every shot fired. You are doing it. You are doing it with incredible speed because there is no waste of time or movement.

Incredible fire rate sound like fun? It certainly is!

Reason for me blasting it out is I keep getting asked about them.

I have hands on technical experience with them.

Currently they are ALL legal (and have been since July 24th) unless Judge Reed O’Connor gets overruled.

Going with What Works

Both the White House and ATF have turned down multiple House Oversight inquiries into charges of ‘collusion’ with Chicago’s lawsuit against Glock [More]

Gee, when have we seen a Democrat administration stonewall House Oversight on gun-related scandals before…?

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Spooks Run Wild

It will be telling if they reply they can’t comment on ongoing criminal investigations.

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And If You Act Now…

The ATF has begun the embarrassing process of returning bump stocks to their original owners after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the agency wrongfully determined they were machineguns, but only if the owners act within 90 days. The ATF sent letters titled “Notice of Opportunity to Request Return of Bump Stock(s) in ATF Custody” last week. They include an address in Washington, D.C. and an email that the former owners can contact to arrange for the return of their property. Once the requests are processed, the letter states, “you will be contacted by someone from the local ATF field office to arrange retrieval of your bump stock(s).” [More]

Just a few days ago agents I spoke with told me they were forfeited.

Left hand/right hand?

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