The feds have busted a long-standing gun store in Albuquerque after a man was allegedly making illegal sales, and trying to sell a fully-automatic rifle. [More]
Hoist with their own petard..?
[Via Jess]
Category: ATF
Grassley to ATF: Explain Focus on Gun Owners Instead of Cartel Trafficking
If that sounds familiar, it’s the premise on which Operation Fast and Furious, which Grassley opened his letter to Dettelbach with, was founded. [More]
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before.
Spinning Wheel Got to Go ‘Round
Rep. Roger Williams (R-TX), chairman of the House Small Business Committee, is launching an investigation into a new rule from the Biden administration making single-sale gun sellers subject to gun dealing licenses. [More]
Small businesses, eh…?
The bourgeoisie…
So then what’ll happen?
[Via Jess]
Forced Reset Enforcement Unenforceable
Staying Power
We’re the Only Ones Smoke-Free Enough
And the Hits Just Keep on Coming
New Injunction Issued Against the ATF Pistol Brace Rule [More]
I still maintain that “in common use” is being misapplied.
Because Weapons of War Have No Place on America’s Streets
Just here for the ratioing…[More]
Just Here for the Ratioing
Speaking of lying to buy a gun…
Kicking the Can Down the Road
“Unless and until judicially or legislatively clarified, I conclude that the definition of ‘short-barreled rifle,’ which the Legislature enacted in 1969, does not include a handgun, such as a pistol, to which a person attaches a stabilizing brace, because the use of such an optional accessory does not change the fundamental characteristics of the handgun.” [More]
Not that politicians majority rule voting on what to call something would legitimately alter the truth…
[Via Jess]
Your New Henhouse Guard is Here…
Your Masters Have Spoken
Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before
ATF Warns Texas FFLs About Dangerous Cartel Activity in the Next 60 Days [More]
I don’t suppose there’s a fix for this before things get to that point…?
Oh, I keep forgetting– this has nothing to do with that “single issue.”
And point of order:
Former Attorney General Eric Holder authorized the sale of guns to the cartels in that operation. The idea was to track the weapons back to Mexico, but the Department of Justice (DOJ) lost track of the firearms.
That wasn’t the idea, that was the excuse. If there’s evidence the Phoenix Field Division got those instructions from Holder, I have not seen it. And you don’t “lose track” of weapons if you don’t attempt to track them.
This was no “botched gun sting.”
[Via Jess]
The Ghost is Clear?
In Vanderstok federal case involving challenges to ATF’s rulemaking concerning Biden’s Ghost Gun regulations redefining frames and receivers, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals agreed to uphold the lower court’s preliminary injunction pending the outcome of this lawsuit. [Watch]
There’s still a way to go, but for now, it’s the antis that are set back.
Tangentially-Related UPDATE
THIS KEEPS GETTING WORSE: Anti-Gun 9th Circuit Judges Playing Games With the 2nd Amendment [Watch]
Judicial Nazgûl continue to circle…
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Finally Posted
Only took ’em nine days… [More]
Have you posted your comment yet?
So What’s the Problem?
IMPACTS OF HOUSE REPUBLICANS’ EXTREME CR…Nearly 70 fewer Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) agents, who are often some of the first federal law enforcement on the scene of a mass shooting to help local law enforcement identify at-large shooters—and 13 furlough days for ATF’s entire workforce [More]
Cutting 800 Border agents sounds bad, but they don’t let them guard the border anyway. A lot of the other stuff is Marxist wealth redistribution…
Watch them use the reduction in FBI personnel to try to delay NICS approvals and then work around the 3-day background check timeout to retroactively go after transfers…
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A Yes or No Question
Mark W. Smith appreciates the directness.
Full of Sound and Fury, Signifying Nothing
Hunter Biden’s Lawyers Open Door to New Questions
The questions raised here are bigger than that. They go to the heart of how agencies are empowered to prosecute citizens operate, and what oversight and restraints are in place to keep abuses in check. [More]
What does it say about the administration that it uses all of its legal might to keep from answering them?
Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before
CBS News is running a special investigation into the smuggling of firearms to Mexico. US government officials estimate that the cartels are smuggling 2,000 firearms a day across the Mexican border. The way it works is that the cartels alerts buyers in the US who are not prohibited persons of their needs, they transfer the guns to brokers, and then the guns go to smugglers who take the firearms across the border to the cartels. Buyers are reported to be spread across all 50 states. [More]
Why did I suddenly think “Ecclesiastes”?
John Richardson does a great job bringing us up to speed and putting things in perspective with the overlooked history, something the DSM will not do.
Proof They Knew They Were Wrong
GOA VICTORY: ATF BACKS DOWN ON LICENSE REVOCATION FOR NORTH DAKOTA GUN STORE WHO HAD FILED SUIT [More]
What they do when they think they can get away with it is telling.
Calling All Comment Posters
Brady’s Astroturf Campaign To Skew The Comments [Watch]
Here’s my comment:
This proposed rule infrin ges on the Second Amendment.
As Edwin Vieira Jr. noted in Kolbe v. Hogan:
“This reliance on a permanent private market for firearms guaranteed that most militiamen, through their own efforts, could always obtain firearms suitable for both collective and individual self-defense, and forestalled tyranny by precluding rogue public officials from monopolizing the production, distribution, and possession of firearms.”
They gave me a tracking number to check back when it’s posted.
Have you made your views known yet?
UPDATE
John Lott explains how this will create a backdoor gun registry.
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The Importance of Being Ernst
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) is asking the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) to explain the surge in revoked Federal Firearms Licenses (FFLs) and suggesting it has overstepped the boundaries of the law. [More]
“Suggesting”…?
Is that finger in the air to see which way the wind is blowing?
This is the same “solidly pro-gun candidate” who voted with Chuck Schumer on that “bipartisan” bill the administration is now using to sabotage private sales.
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A Voice from the Past
Glenn Beck Interviews Former ATF Strike Force Member, John Dodson – “You Cannot Trust Your Government” [More]
I’m glad to see him emerging from a self-imposed silence.
A few years back Mike and I helped obtain financing and made some introductions for a documentary and had a credited professional filmmaker ready to interview him but he decided it wasn’t in his interests at the time to keep talking (I’d heard on advice of counsel)– so it didn’t advance beyond a preview:
I’ve been out of touch with the documentarian for some time now– I wonder if it’s too late or even possible to try and pull the project back together…
[Via CP]
Forced Reset Trigger Ruling Enabled by Senate Republicans
In Morrison’s case, we find, unsurprisingly, she’s a Democrat and a Joe Biden appointee. We also find that “The U.S. Senate confirmed Morrison on June 8, 2022, on a vote of 53-46.” That was close. And it means Republicans had to vote to confirm her. Which Republicans? [More]
With “Republicans” like Susan Collins, Lindsey Graham, Lisa Murkowski, and Mitt Romney, who needs Democrats?
We’re the Only Ones Uninvestigated Enough
Oklahoma lawmaker demanding investigation into ATF SWAT team raid of constituent’s home [More]
That’s an update to this.
Be nice if a North Carolina lawmaker made a similar demand…
That Mongell sounds like a real mongrel, doesn’t he?
Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before
The Department of Justice is proposing to amend Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (“ATF”) regulations to require that any person who stores explosive materials notify on an annual basis the authority having jurisdiction for fire safety in the locality in which the explosive materials are being stored of the type of explosives, magazine capacity, and location of each site where such materials are stored. In addition, the proposed rule requires any person who stores explosive materials to notify the authority having jurisdiction for fire safety in the locality in which the explosive materials were stored whenever storage is discontinued. These changes are intended to increase public safety. [More]
That’s awful similar to the “justification” given last time…
[Via Jess]
It Depends Upon What the Meaning of the Word ‘Profit’ Is
Clarifying that the intent to “predominantly earn a profit” does not require the person to have received pecuniary gain… [More]
That’s something else government “monetary policy” makes difficult. The thought strikes that I (hypothetically, because I don’t admit to owning guns in a forum accessible to “law enforcement”) bought a 44 Magnum Ruger New Model Super Blackhawk off a guy from work back in 1978 for around $175 as I recall ( or would recall if this wasn’t hypothetical) and today that model used goes for around $600.
Seems like a tidy profit, no?
When using the core inflation measurement, $1 in 1978 is equivalent in buying power to $4.68 in 2023, a difference of $3.68.
The way I see it, I’d be taking a substantial loss.
I’m reminded of the strange case of former FBI Agent John Shipley (note internal links will need to be accessed through the Wayback Machine).
In the case of those feeding at the citizen disarmament trough, I’m reminded of Mark 8:36.
Related UPDATE
And yeah, one gun could trigger things…
Delaware Judge Orders DOJ & Hunters Lawyers to Hand Over Gun Indictment
Unlawfully usurping authority isn’t the only thing the government is trying to hide in this case, and by that, I mean in relation to guns. [More]
Two big questions concerning unlawful government practices allegations will remain unanswered if a stonewalling DOJ has it’s way and Republicans continue their deliberate indifference.
BOHICA
Justice Department Proposes New Regulation to Update Definition of “Engaged in the Business” as a Firearms Dealer [More]
When they’ve got it in the Federal Register you’ll be able to find it and comment here.
Not that the tyrannical swine following orders to impose this will listen.
Which means a filing to halt this based on history, text, and tradition of gun sales at the time of the Founding will need to be filed in a jurisdiction likely to issue an injunction.
UPDATE
Today, the Biden ATF formally rolled out their plans to implement backdoor universal background checks, which was made possible by Senator John Cornyn’s “compromise” legislation passed last summer.
