Notes from the Resistance
[T]wo searches from the ATF analyst inadvertently accessed Illinois vehicle data with “ICE” in the query field which is a violation of Illinois law. [More]
From the folks who brought us “Zero Tolerance” for FFLs.
Still, the question needs to be raised as to who is being protected by making that illegal…
[Via Jess]
While we see many very blue states passing laws which prohibit local law enforcement’s participation in immigration and deporation efforts, we have to wonder, would they show the same reluctance with assisting ATF if they were running through their state confiscating guns? [Watch]
Or just cooperating with them through other enforcement efforts…Nobody on the left is calling them fascists for that.
[Via Jess]
DOGE enters ATF with mandate to slash gun regulations [More]
Not to say any reduction isn’t a good thing, but the big infringements will still be in place. I’d be interested in seeing an analysis on how many will really be affected, and for how long, since rules change with administrations. And let’s make sure we’re not just reaching into a different pocket before uncorking the champagne.
[Via bondmen]
Hopefully, the Bondi DOJ will overturn this miscarriage of justice, and Donald Trump will return Adamiak to his chosen career. It’s even possible perjurers might be punished and those corrupting the ATF fired. It’s a new day—maybe. [More]
If only there were some way to have the government’s ear to express priorities…
That no major gun groups are demanding this tells me something about sycophancy and it’s not good.
[Via bondmen]
GOA Condemns DOJ Proposal to Merge ATF and DEA: “A Trojan Horse for Gun Control”… The allied organizations joining GOA and GOF are the Second Amendment Foundation, CCRKBA (Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms), CRPA (California Rifle & Pistol Association) and 2nd Amendment Law Center. [More]
Been making similar points for years…
Y’know, if you guys would listen to another piece of advice and demand your rightful seats on the “Task Force,” we wouldn’t keep running into these loggerheads disconnects…
“You mentioned regulatory functions, that’s—We will not be having ATF agents go to the doors of gun owners, in the middle of the night, asking them about their guns, period. They will be out on the streets with DEA guns and drugs gun.” [More]
I have my concerns about that plan, and may not have survived the Byrd bath.
Still, if I were being grilled like that by a purple-haired shriveled corpse, two rejoinder questions immediately come to mind:
How can you NOT have contempt of Congress with shrieking freaks like this demanding fealty?
[Via Jess]
The parliamentarian ruled these provisions violate the Byrd Rule and are not eligible to pass the Senate with a simple majority vote on the procedural fast track known as budget reconciliation. [More]
He may have been doing business with a cartel front in Tucson, but all Reynolds’ own businesses appear to have been legitimate. And, as Reynolds said, when he declined to become an informant, the feds turned on him. [More]
Or as an earlier report speculates:
“A black NRA member sitting in a prison for terrorists may be the missing link in Fast and Furious”
Beats me. First I’m hearing of it. Nothing about the guy on SSI, either. Which just means there’s plenty not known and very little incentive for most to pursue things.
Regardless, there appear to be many loose ends and questions that cry for reopening this case. I wonder if those calling for that have made a serious effort to get a dialog going with Harmeet Dhillon?
Blue States Sue ATF and National Association for Gun Rights – 16 Anti-gun Attorneys General seek to block agreement to return Illegally seized triggers [More]
It will be interesting to see if competitor rice bowl groups put their historic hostility to NAGR to the side and support them in this.
Get yours while supplies last!
[Via Jess]
Let that sink in: a slap-on-the-wrist fine and a short-term compliance program for one of America’s biggest gunmakers, which at the time was the leading source of crime guns in nine Northeastern states. [More]
So there’s inequity in policies and rulings relied on in enforcement and determination actions? Who knew?
And aside from the loaded term “crime guns” playing right into the hands of the antis, if the author can document a direct connection between Smith & Wesson recordkeeping failures and a victimization, let’s see it. I suspect if one could be made, we’d have found out the limits of PLCAA by now and deep pockets would have already been plucked.
I don’t need this to hate on S&W.
Of course, they weren’t the only sellout whores.
[Via Andy M]
Instead of reigning in the ATF, the merger could expand the Bureau’s power with even less oversight than before. [More]
“Reining,” but yeah.
Some of us have warned against folding them into a more powerful entity.
Reeves & Dola, LLP outlines what’s been said and calls our attention to an upcoming compliance conference where what it means for the industry/FFLs will be elaborated. [More]
ATF Launches New Era of Reform [More]
Well, now that we’re BFFs and all, when are you guys going to start working to release peaceable “violators” you put away under the old rules…?
[Via bondmen]
ATF Agent Tries to Rewrite the Rules on ‘Pin & Weld’ [More]
So… why hasn’t Eve E. Eisenbice been terminated for willfully violating the spirit and intent of AG Bondi’s “all hands” memorandum?
[Via Jess]
Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Would Slash Suppressor Transfer Costs To Zero [More]
But that’s not REALLY the point, is it?
I know, his rhetoric is a damn sight better than what Harris’s would have been, but who seriously believes even this will make it out of the Senate and to his desk?
I wish GOA would use the rhetoric I’m seeing from them here on something much more existential that they have so far been ignoring.
[Via bondmen]
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, is demanding answers from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) about its surveillance of American gun owners. [More]
Well, now that Pam Bondi’s put out her all-hands memo, this oughta be a slam dunk, right, Dan?
[Via Michael G]
