TELL PRESIDENT TRUMP: PARDON TATE ADAMIAK! [More]
You can call or do what I do to ask others to join in.
And point of order, I think an acknowledgment link for the work most responsible for bringing this to our attention would have been appropriate.
Category: ATF
We’re the Only Ones Unoffended Enough
Cekada promised neither he nor the ATF will be “offended by the outcome of the courts,” because he wants to make sure that Adamiak was “appropriately sentenced.” [More]
That’s mighty big of him. Told ya the guy was our BFF!
So… Who’s Side Will He Choose?
ATF Director Robert Cekada: Second Amendment Created to Allow Citizens to ‘Protect Themselves from a Tyrannical Government’ [More]
I’d be more impressed if he’d been able to quote it (Go to 58:23).
[Via bondmen]
A Stock Answer
Cart Before the Horse
House Hearing: Democrat Summer Lee Suggests ATF ‘Captured’ by Gun Industry [More]
With all the fawning going on, I’d say she’s got that backwards. It takes idiots to elect an idiot.
I hear the phrase “One swallow does not a summer make” and wonder how many do…
[Via bondmen]
The Actions of a Friend?
Déjà vu All Over Again
THIRTEEN CHARGED AS FEDS CRACK INTERNATIONAL GUN SMUGGLING RING EXPLOITING THE U.S. AND CANADA BORDER… Straw-Purchased Firearms Sourced from New Hampshire Gun Dealers Were Recovered at Canadian Crime Scenes [More]
This reminds me of something. But what…?
I wonder how many CIs they had embedded in the Akwesasne ring, and if guns could have been intercepted before “walking” across the border– or it being Canada, would it be “gunsledding”?
[Via GKD]
The Plan Going Forward
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Director Robert Cekada testified on firearms policy and Second Amendment protections before the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement. [Watch]
And Rep. Eli Crane asked him about Patrick “Tate” Adamiak.
Inconstant Heart
The Trump Administration Is a Powerful but Unreliable Ally of Second Amendment Advocates – Even as the Justice Department files lawsuits aimed at vindicating gun rights, it undermines them in other cases. [More]
I’d use a different word than “unreliable”…
I wonder what it would take to fix that…
[Via Michael G]
A Dear Bob Letter
Tate Adamiak’s letter to the new ATF director – Adamiak explains his case better than anyone else could. [More]
Should work.
After all, he’s one of us.
The Bestest Infringements Ever!
Electronic record-keeping would become the default under another proposed rule, which would allow Form 4473s and Acquisition and Disposition Records to be generated, stored, and maintained electronically. Not only would this make record-keeping more convenient for dealers, but it would also improve firearm tracing for law enforcement since digital records are faster and easier to search than paper files. [More]
What could go wrong? Especially if administrations change…?
I’m wondering why this is listed under “Big Wins for Gun Owners”…
There I go blackpilling again.
Look, I get that there is only so much they can do because “law,” and think I understand incrementalism as well as the next guy, but the way I see “gun influencers” gushing over this and over Cekada makes some apologists for and abettors in infringements.
There are ways to encourage moves to roll back the oppression that don’t require gun owners to end up with sore knees and from a lot of what I’ve seen, Anon has a point.
The Fix is In
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I’ve been wondering when they were finally going to get around to it.
Let the outrage and lawsuits begin!
And don’t let the revised form distract from the real issue at hand.
One Man’s ‘Huge’ is Another Man’s ‘Meh’
BFF
EXCLUSIVE — ATF Director Robert Cekada: Hunter, AR-15 Owner, and Fan of an Armed Citizenry [More]
And Another Step
ATF’s New Era of Reform… Easing the NFA Transport Burden – In a sea of nothing burgers, here’s half a step in the right direction. [More]
Look, I don’t mean to just sound negative and admit this is a hell of a lot better than anything the government has backed off on so far, and if Democrats were in charge they’d be going for a full court press in the other direction. It’s just that these are our birthright that they have no claim on.
Yes, I’m glad that the torturer is easing back on the thumbscrews. I want him to ease off more. But what the hell are we doing on the rack in the first place?
Jumping the Gun
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.”
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]