Notes from the Resistance
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…?
[Via Jess]
I ran across this old photo of the Gunwalker t-shirt with the inscription “Am I the only person on the planet that didn’t get guns from the ATF?” and the thought struck: I’ve got two.
One they built as an illegal SBR, and the other the “machinegun” I confiscated from them.
How They Can Use the Rule on Unfinished Frames and Receivers to Disarm a LOT of You [Watch]
How They Can Use the Rule on Unfinished Frames and Receivers to TRY TO Disarm a LOT of You
There, I fixed it for ya.
Now I’m waiting for some genius on “our side” to say “Only Congress has that authority.”
The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms has submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in a case challenging the ATF’s “Final Rule” equating firearms parts kits and gun components with functioning firearms. [More]
Let’s hope they’re right that “the Supreme Court will not allow that to happen.”
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?
[Via Jess]
The ATF Raid You Never Heard Of [Watch]
Mike had referenced this in passing, but if he ever fleshed it out I don’t remember where.
You can learn more here and here.
[Via Jess]
This is a small but concrete example that we still have at our disposal the remarkable system bequeathed to us by the Founders and that we can still use the courts to our advantage, as frustratingly drawn out as that process can be. We won’t be able to do that anymore if apathy and cynicism turn into a self-fulfilling prophecy that cedes the power to appoint the federal judiciary to the Democrats, who will then be able to have the Bruen opinion reversed and any citizen disarmament edict they pass upheld. [More]
As long as we can still score wins by peaceable means you can’t legitimately say voting is useless. Don’t let a self-fulfilling prophecy make this the election that changes that.
Eighth Circuit Strikes Down Biden Administration Pistol Brace Rule as Arbitrary and Capricious [More]
Not to mention evil, stupid, obnoxious, tyrannical, @$$holish, a d!ck move…
I also may have a big announcement (for me, anyway) to make tomorrow afternoon. [More]
I submitted a draft to AmmoLand a few hours ago with the story. I’ll post a link when it’s up.
An Insider’s Perspective From Former Firearm Enforcement Officer [Watch]
Good interview with Richard Vasquez, a man we’ve cited before, who concluded the Aikens Accelerator was not a machinegun only to be overruled by Bush lackey “Maximum Mike.”
Speaking of which, I pick mine up from ATF on Friday.
[Via Jess]
I’m getting my bump stock, which they’ve had since April 2019, back from ATF. [More]
And now the games begin. I just copied my attorney on my email to ATF asking why they haven’t responded yet to my July 25 inquiry on when I can retrieve my property.
NAGR wins lawsuit against ATF trigger ban … The ATF may appeal this ruling, but precedent and momentum are both on our side, and we fully anticipate the absolute end of the ATF’s unlawful, unconstitutional ban on forced reset triggers. [More]
They’ll appeal because they have unlimited tax plunder to do it with and dragging things out and making plaintiffs spend their hard-won funds is part of the game.
NAGR is doing a good job of late, especially at refuting an old image.
[Via Jess]
Next Vice President Wants To Abolish ATF! [Watch]
It’s nothing he didn’t tell us three years ago.
I’d hold off on the exclamation points and gushing over campaign rhetoric until he fleshes out what he wants to do with ATF’s functions, and how he intends to get from here to there with Congress.
Offloading it onto another agency could just make things worse.
[Via Jess]
…they have no database, they have no digital way, they have no searchable function, they just have someone that goes manually piece by piece by piece looking for a serial number amongst a billion two-page documents, front and back, and they found it in 30 minutes… [Watch]
Sorry, I don’t doubt there are violations, but I’m not buying this as proof. ATF didn’t have to go through billions of records. They knew the manufacturer and the serial number ID’d FFL it was sent to and the date, and since the business had closed and ATF had its records on site, a search with several people looking could very well have been done in that time. If it was still an active FFL, inspectors going to the shop would have taken a bit longer, but they’d have still gotten it done in short order.
[Via Jess]
New Reporting Requirement for Firearm Manufacturers and Importers in Border States [More]
First the FFL reporting rule and now this.
Wati ’til you see what they have in mind after they “win” in November…
Bodycam from Brunswick PD at Buzzard’s Roost in Hinckley, OH shows alleged drunk off-duty ATF/DEA/HSI agents illegally detain a man, reports show multiple charges on the agents, including abduction. [Watch]
I need to set aside an hour over the weekend to watch this.
[Via Len Savage]
Three Rules enacted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) were thwarted by court orders in recent weeks. [More]
Still to be determined: Will “laws” trump rights?
These aren’t my words. These are theirs:
What am I saying, that bump stocks weren’t used?
Don’t kill the messenger, I’m just posting what ATF has said.
No Charges in Deadly ATF Arkansas Home Raid [More]
Did anyone seriously think there would be?
Those whose Constitutional mandate is to not infringe on it executed a citizen for exercising his right. Their pretext, that some of his sales allegedly went to “prohibited persons,” is a fraudulent excuse because there is no delegated power authorizing the whole concept.
There’s only one way to address that problem…
57 F. 4th 447, affirmed. [More]
Bump Stocks Now Legal Again As Supreme Court Strikes Down Gun Device Ban
Looks like ATF will have to surrender my bump stock back to me when I come to confiscate it from them.
UPDATE
Herschel points out a concern with “Alito’s “Machinegun Sammy’s” response.
I agree. Congress has no Constitutional authority to “act,” either.
Judge Reed O’Connor Vacates ATF Pistol Brace Rule [More]
Herschel has the links.
UPDATE
Now I’ve got to go get a better one than this:
Injunction granted against ATF’s ‘firearms dealer’ rule for 4 states, 4 groups … The injunction applies to residents of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Utah along with members of Gun Owners of America, Gun Owners Foundation, Tennessee Firearms Association and Virginia Citizens Defense League. [More]
Yo, Texas gun owners: The new infringements were brought to you in part by Tony Gonzales, and a number of you couldn’t be bothered to do anything about that.
[Via Jess]
“We’re here to talk about a roughly one-inch piece of plastic. It looks innocuous enough, a little like a LEGO or a k’nex block. But this one-inch piece of plastic is killing people,” said Leigha Simonton, the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Texas. “Machine gun conversion devices can turn Second Amendment-protected firearms into illegal weapons of war, and petty criminals into brutal killers. We cannot have our streets turned into war zones.” [More]
So the federal government has the authority to ban a one-inch piece of plastic– just like the Founders intended. And it’s killing people… does this broad ever listen to herself?
What the hell does Simpleton think “Second Amendment-protected firearms” were intended to be?
[Via Dan Gifford]
