Notes from the Resistance
While this is certainly a positive development, it does not seem that this policy will benefit Oregonians. [More]
Mr. Wolf isn’t opening any champagne. (NSFW!)
Just because it’s not being enforced doesn’t negate the “law.” Change administrations and people acting like it does may find themselves in quite the mess.
A New Trump Rule Could Transform Gun Sales. The President’s Son Is Poised to Profit. It’s “probably the most dangerous action taken by the US government to increase gun violence,” says one gun control veteran. [More]
And we all remember how dangerous that was!
[Via Dan Gifford]
Where does ATF get the statutory authority from to limit proliferation of forced reset triggers?… Where does ATF derive statutory authority to enforce its “Once a machine gun always a machine gun” rule? [More]
We know ATF has no such authority. But the system that promises “Clear answers. Official sources” resists fessing up.
ATF helps drive crime down. New national data shows gun crime is going down. Reports of gun related incidents dropped 12% last year, and ATF’s tools for tracing and analyzing crime guns played a major part in that progress. [More]
Flesh that out for us. How does analyzing after the fact have a measurable impact on preventing “gun-related incidents”?
Only the new, improved BAT-FU has illegal information about your guns.
I don’t suppose anyone’s going to jail over this…?
At some point “pro-gun” influencers are either going to have to admit the obvious or be seen for blowing smoke out their…
ATF’s “61 Alerts” Claim Hides Broader FBI Gun-Buyer Surveillance [More]
I though our “gun rights leaders” were all drooling over Robert Cekada and the gun-grabbers were wringing their hands over Kash Patel…?
Of course, it can happen again to someone else. And the probability of that happening again – and again – will increase depending on who in Washington is running the show. [More]
You’ve no doubt already heard the news– this was posted after I’d left and I’m just now catching up on links to share.
Len Savage emailed Director Cekada:
Original post: ATF Statement in Rare Breed Trigger Litigation Raises Questions on Legal Authority
“Please show me anywhere in the U.S.C. or C.F.R. that rate of fire is regulated in any way? Only method of fire is regulated. If it fires more than once per function of the trigger it’s highly regulated. If not, there is NO regulation.” [More]
Just because they act like they have the power to do something doesn’t mean they actually do.
“Investigation targets”…?
While we’re told it’s “a standalone system,” that last bit makes me wonder if I was far off on my speculation on terror watchlists, and specifically that finding they’re on one may be the tip-off that they’ve been made and to get out of Dodge…
[Via Len Savage]
The NFA Ruling That Changes Everything—And Changes Nothing… Every advance we have made toward restoring the Second Amendment has been within a framework that the government built and can rebuild. [More]
That, and where’s the “guidance” on home-builds, private transfers, gun trusts, SOTs, interstate travel, sentence enhancements…?
Yeah, I know, I know, would I rather have Kamala…?
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is responding to a cybersecurity incident affecting a standalone system. [More]
A “major incident”…? Ransomware…??
Kinda makes you want to get your name and what you’ve got into their system, doesn’t it? No…?
Firearm ‘Expert’ Who Testified a Toy was a Machinegun Still Working for ATF [More]
At first glance I thought Lee Williams was talking about ol’ Kelvin “Insert-Magazine-Backwards” Crenshaw (Note now-discontinued Examiner links go to Internet Archive, so expect slow loading).
It also reminds me of the artifical contortions the JBTs go through to entrap Americans out of their unalienable rights on invented technicalities, like we’re gong to use duct tape, ties, and chains to workaround unconstitutional infringements.
And it reminds me of what the evil bastards did to David Olofson.
“Reforms” and gushing from some “gun rights leaders” notwithstanding, never forget, the Framers would have considered ATF and everything it stands for an abomination. Less aggressive cancer is still cancer.
That the situation is confusing is hardly surprising. ATF cognitive dissonance and contradictory rules could be considered the rule rather than the exception without hyperbole. And in this case, the position the Bureau had previously established is clear… [More]
Just what (and who) does “special authorization” authorize?
The Department of Justice and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives announced guilty verdicts for Chandler Britain Bradford, a New Braunfels man who was charged with smuggling thousands of firearms and firearm parts from the United States to Mexico. [More]
I guess they will brook no competition.
[Via GKD]
Tell Congress: Force ATF To Provide Guidance! All over the country, gun shops have been advising their customers that they’re awaiting guidance from ATF on how to go about transferring an unregistered short barreled firearm or suppressor. [More]
In my case, it’s a waste of time.
Do it if it’s not a waste of yours.
Related UPDATE
Per Guns & Gadgets:
New reporting indicates ATF headquarters has instructed local field offices not to independently interpret the NFA injunction, while DOJ and ATF have allowed the plaintiffs’ requested August 21 deadline for implementation answers to pass without a public response.
[Via Jess]
Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is looking to leave his role at the Pentagon around the end of 2026 following a months-long turf war with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, a former White House official and another source familiar with the discussions told The Hill on Friday. [More]
Good.
If he’s sleeping with one enemy, who’s to say he hasn’t been sleeping with another, NSSF’s obsequious fawning notwithstanding?
[Via JC]