Notes from the Resistance
Today, Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA-02) and Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) introduced the Repealing Illegal Freedom and Liberty Excises (RIFLE) Act. Under current law, there is a $200 tax on the transfer and purchase of firearms regulated under the National Firearms Act. This legislation would remove the existing $200 tax on firearms sold to law-abiding gun owners. [More]
The issue isn’t $200.
“0% chance of being enacted,” anyway…
[Via Jess]
The Seventh Circuit Upholds NFA Restrictions on SBRs in United States v. Rush [More]
Not bearable arms…? Who are these treasonous ignoramuses on the three judge panel??
Oh:
[Via Jess]
President Trump has a tool to push for the passage of legislation, such as the hearing protection act. The executive branch, specifically the Secretary of the Treasury, can unilaterally declare an amnesty for people to register NFA items with the ATF. [More]
Wouldn’t that imply they’d done something wrong and that citizens should obey tyrannical claims on their rights…?
Yeah, of course I know the alternative.
Some of us have considered that before charting our own course.
I like Dean, he does a lot of valuable stuff and I’m sure he’s doing his best to let us know about something that could keep us out of trouble. I guess I’m just surprised to see this on JPFO.
Fort Smith man sentenced to prison for tax charges must forfeit over 3,000 guns seized by authorities – Mehta was heard saying “I’m sorry for my actions, I’ve never been violent, and I’m not a criminal at heart,” during court proceedings. [More]
He still thinks this is about fighting crime?
That oughta give all the oath-breaking infringers a good laugh.
[Via Jess]
Make AR-15s NFA weapons. [Watch]
No.
Your move.
Leave it to some moron who thinks this is “news” to lecture the rest of us.
[Via Jess]
Should You Use NFA Weapons for Self Defense? A Practical Perspective [More]
Use whatever you can get to in time, and don’t let distractions impede swift action. There’ll be no trumped up charges to face later if you don’t survive.
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., and other Senate Republicans recently introduced legislation that would abolish transfer taxes on firearms regulated under the National Firearms Act (NFA). [More]
It’s the Hughes Amendment limiting the supply that makes them so expensive.
Prognosis 0% chance of being enacted
In the wake of the landmark Supreme Court decision in Bruen v. United States… [More]
As a side note, I hate these MSN click bait slide shows and generally won’t link to them if I can get the story elsewhere. Advertisers ought to realize people forced to click if they want the next information morsel don’t even look at their spots.
AMAZING! Judge Lets FBI Agent Off Easy After Stealing NFA Items From Evidence! [Watch]
So the only way people can find out about this is if they watch a specific YouTuber or subscribe to Bearing Arms?
Because the only reports on the Google News feed at this writing are all old, and I even gave it a day before posting this.
Guess it’s not newsworthy…
[Via Jess]
Earlier this week, the firearms community was rocked by news of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) eForms system shutdown, raising alarms among gun shops and National Firearms Act (NFA) applicants alike. The system, crucial for processing applications for silencers, short-barrel rifles, and other NFA items, reportedly closed due to Congressional budgeting concerns, leaving many to question the timing and reasoning behind the decision. [More]
So, it was a revenge move…?
I have an immediate, cost-free solution, but the government won’t allow it.
[Via Jess]
NFA Denial Appeals Are Back On The Menu! [More]
Guns & Gadgets interviews Stephen Stamboulieh about the resolved lovers spat…
[Via Jess]
It should be a straightforward enough process and you’d think the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Department of Justice would be on the same page, instead of pointing fingers, abdicating responsibilities, and just plain getting things wrong, especially considering how they increasingly hold Federal Firearms Licensees to “zero tolerance standards” over paperwork glitches. [More]
It took fear of getting spanked by the court, but they finally, grudgingly agreed to an appeals process.
We’re all about patterns here and when I see the ATF put out three different exposes against local, local and then national, one in Tulsa, one in DC, and now Steve Dettelbach on a national network, NBC around how ineffectual the NFA is because of giggle switches or Glock switches, there’s a hidden motive, I’m telling you, something’s up. [Watch]
Good catch.
Thing is, the NFA has always been ineffective.
[Via Jess]
This bill removes short-barreled rifles (barrels of less than 16 inches in length) from the definition of firearms for purposes of the National Firearms Act. [More]
Here’s a truth about every single “pro-gun” bill we see coming out of the House that we then see so many gun owners getting excited about: Without a Senate Republican majority and either a Republican president or enough votes to override a veto, they’ll all go nowhere.
And even so, that makes some big assumptions.
We can appreciate the sentiment, but I’d appreciate it more if they’d acted like this whenever they’ve been in a position to make it so.
[Via Jess]
KILLING THE NFA: The Real World 2nd Amendment Strategy for ATTACKING the NFA [Watch]
Incrementalism. We get it. That’s the correct legal strategy.
But here’s one thing proponents of reverse incrementalism, and in fact, none of the “gun groups” will even acknowledge, let alone seriously address:
What if the clock runs out because the courts have all been taken over by politically unchallengeable majority appointments?
What does anyone with eyes think the enemy has been busy setting up?
Good thing this has nothing to do with that “single issue”. And I have that on good authority.
[Via Jess]
The Hunting and Conservation Nexus of the National Firearms Act [More]
I may explore this in more detail. For now, suffice it to say a coalition of elitist Fudds and racist, anamaladjusted environmentalcases screwed posterity.
Tangentially-Related UPDATE
Why Are Short Barreled Rifles Actually Regulated in the US? [Watch]
Because those who do can.
[Via Michael G]
The bottom line is “bump stocks,” which were “legal” at the time, could not have been the “illegally possessed prohibited firearms” referred to in the “Paddock” report. So what weapon/s are they referring to? [More]
Enquiring minds want to know…
S. 4986: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, and certain other weapons from the definition of firearms for purposes of the National Firearms Act, and for other purposes. [More]
Seeing if he gets more than five cosponsors will be a good indicator of which Republicans really are “staunch supporters of the Second Amendment.”
That said, if they don’t take the Senate this is going nowhere, and introducing it now strikes me more as a pre-election publicity stunt than anything– even with Marshall’s term not ending until ’27, this still draws attention to the GOP and co-sponsor Crapo is running now.
Sorry to be so cynical, but I can’t figure out any other explanation.
[Via Jess]
