Notes from the Resistance
In a strongly worded letter to ATF Director Steven Dettelbach, obtained and reviewed by DrydenWire.com, Sheriff Waak states that he will not take any enforcement action on this rule change “or allow any federal agent to take action against his citizens.”
“I stand ready to defend the rights of honest, law-abiding residents here in Polk County,” Waak states. [More]
Physically?
There’s an interview I didn’t have 42 minutes to watch here. I can’t promise you he’ll answer that question.
[Via Jess]
ATF’s New Brace Rule Takes Effect TODAY
*** What You Should Know *** [More]
This one is important enough for me to interrupt today’s slowdown and share.
UPDATE
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-01-31/pdf/2023-01001.pdf
ATF Comments on 88-Day Automatic Denial of Pistol Brace Tax Stamps [More]
My head hurts.
“It turns a semi-automatic firearm into, essentially, a machine gun,” explained Estevan. “So, instead of one round being discharged from a firearm with the single pull of the trigger, when the switch is installed onto a firearm, you’re looking at 1,200 rounds with the single pull of the trigger within a minute.” [More]
Sounds like you need a massage there, SAC Estevan.
Did you tell them you’d need a magazine, what, 40 feet long…?
[Via Jess]
I do not think it will help the right to keep and bear arms for the Supreme Court to take up the bumpstock issue, because… [More]
Why do so many think it’s about bump stocks?
Mark Smith breaks down how he would likely argue the 2nd Amendment case against these regulations converting handguns with stabilizing braces into alleged Short Barrel Rifles thus requiring registration with the ATF pursuant to the National Firearms Act… [Watch]
That anyone has to just shows how unAmerican the treasonous violence monopolists continue to be.
[Via Jess]
The Fifth Circuit judges who ruled favorably were influenced by arguments formulated and advanced by two of its principals, firearms designer Len Savage and attorney Stamboulieh. [More]
Untangling the web, one sticky thread at a time…
[H/T Herschel]
Congressman Bob Good (VA-05) introduced the Protecting Individual Sovereignty Through Our Laws Act, or PISTOL Act. This legislation would prevent the Biden Administration from regulating pistol braces by clarifying that what constitutes a “pistol” is not subject to bureaucratic interpretation, such as the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has wrongly done in their recently finalized rule. [More]
I don’t see it listed under his name on GovTrack yet but consider the bill’s passage prognosis pretty much “0” with a Democrat Senate and president.
[Via Jess]
Gaetz introduces ‘Abolish the ATF Act’ after ruling against stabilizing braces [More]
I don’t see any text yet, but my feeling is this is symbolic and doesn’t stand a chance of becoming law, especially considering the state of the Senate.
Besides, unless you abolish the functions, all you’re doing is kicking the can down the road and handing it to a bigger agency like the FBI, that’s better able to bury its crimes.
GOA CONDEMNS BIDEN RULE TO CRIMINALIZE PISTOL BRACED FIREARMS [More]
First they came for the bump stocks…
SB Tactical, one of the most popular AR-15 pistol brace manufacturers, appears to have been hit with a data breach, where customer data, including names, addresses, and credit card information, was leaked online. [More]
That looks like something for Republicans now in control of House Oversight to look into.
[Via Andy M]
Franklin Armory and the Firearms Regulatory Accountability Coalition, Inc. (FRAC) have filed a lawsuit against U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) over what the plaintiffs allege are wrongful classification of firearms and regulatory delays. [More]
That presupposes there are rightful classifications and acceptable review times.
[Via Jess]
I was looking for some ATF financial information for an article I’m drafting and happened upon this “helpful” information “courtesy” of Google:
People also answer, but the key here is “which people”?
I wonder when Google is just going to come right out and openly adopt “Be evil”…?
In light of Bruen and its “historical understanding” benchmark, it’s difficult to see how an honest legal analysis could continue to support ATF’s vindictive vendetta against Albert Kwan. [More]
What a prolonged and tyrannical outrage. The question now is, does anyone besides a handful of us care?
Nice work if you can get it. The problem is, without a badge, you can’t, and therein lies the crux of police as “Only Ones.” [More]
Special exemptions make it easy to forget your place in the food chain.
State Department Publishes New Guidelines for Export Compliance Programs [and] ATF Revises the Form 4473 (5300.9) Firearms Transaction Record [More]
This should post to their “Alerts” page soon, and that’s the one you really ought to bookmark if you want expert analyses of industry legal and regulatory developments.
