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]
Category: ATF
We’re the Only Ones Unserious Enough
A Case for Clemency?
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?
Democrats Triggered
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]
Unequal Protection
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]
The Devil You Know
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.
ATF’s “New Era of Reform” – What Does it Mean?
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]
We’re the Only Ones New and Improved Enough
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]
Your Champions of Freedom
Over a Barrel
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]
Free Personalized Nooses
Striking Back
Much Ado About Nothing
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]
The Eye of Sauron

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]
We’re the Only Ones Swindling Enough
GOP senators demand swift action against Biden-era ATF bureaucrats who allegedly ‘defrauded taxpayers’ of $20M — and still work for federal govt. [More]
Hey, don’t forget to look into Best Qualified List allegations:
“The problem is, that Chipman has been manipulating the Bureau-sponsored contractor to pad the Best Qualified List (BQL) with friends. The net effect is that the truly qualified people are not being considered for the positions. It has also been stated that Chipman has delivered HIS version of the BQLs for these contract positions, demanding his buddies be placed at the top of the list. Yep, fraud. That simple. Yep, the 5th floor knows.”
Kinda makes me wonder what could have been avoided if Congresss had listened to me n’ Mike before Gunwalker back in ’09…
[Via Jess]
DOJ to Illinois Gun Owners: Write Your Democrat Legislators to Repeal Infringements

If you want relief, contact your state representatives, the Democrat ones who are passing citizen disarmament edicts, and ask them not to. [More]
The bipolarity will continue until such time as gun owner advocates have a seat at the decision-making table.
Word and Actions
We’re the Only Ones Hushed Enough
Why do ATF agents need new suppressors for their ARs? [More]
Oh, look! LEs use the same “hearing protection” argument “our side” does (instead of us claiming it as a right government has no legitimate claim to). Meanwhile, the grabtard lobby tells its useful idiots that, in the hands of mere citizens, they are “inherently dangerous devices” and “deadly accessories.”
Interesting Admission
“What we will see over time is absolutely a rise in gun violence; we will see a rise in homicide; we will see a rise in suicide; we will see a rise in unintentional injury of kids with guns in the home.” [More]
So, Kris, even you know all the thousands of infringements you control freaks have imposed so far at the federal, state, and local levels have been useless at doing what you make milions promising the gullible they will do…?
And now you’re angrily demanding more…?
[Via Michael G]
Every Picture Tells a Story
Memorial to victims of gun violence taken down at ATF headquarters – The “Faces of Gun Violence” memorial was installed at ATF in 2024 to remind the workforce of the human toll. [More]
I don’t suppose hyperbolic Democrats pretending to furiously freak out would settle for a compromise…?
[Via Jess]