Rep. Mann Presses ATF For Clarity Following Suppressor Regulations [More]
And if he doesn’t get right on it…?
[Via Jess]
Tag: short barrel firearms
Much Ado About…What, Exactly?
The NFA Ruling That Changes Everything—And Changes Nothing… Every advance we have made toward restoring the Second Amendment has been within a framework that the government built and can rebuild. [More]
That, and where’s the “guidance” on home-builds, private transfers, gun trusts, SOTs, interstate travel, sentence enhancements…?
Yeah, I know, I know, would I rather have Kamala…?
Rights Jenga
Landru, Guide Us!
Tell Congress: Force ATF To Provide Guidance! All over the country, gun shops have been advising their customers that they’re awaiting guidance from ATF on how to go about transferring an unregistered short barreled firearm or suppressor. [More]
In my case, it’s a waste of time.
Do it if it’s not a waste of yours.
Related UPDATE
Per Guns & Gadgets:
New reporting indicates ATF headquarters has instructed local field offices not to independently interpret the NFA injunction, while DOJ and ATF have allowed the plaintiffs’ requested August 21 deadline for implementation answers to pass without a public response.
[Via Jess]
$#!+ or Go Blind?
That raises an uncomfortable legal question GRNC’s counsel has flagged: if federal registration is impossible for a covered item, does not being registered still count as being “in compliance with” the federal scheme for purposes of North Carolina’s exception? No court or state authority has answered that question. Until one does, NC gun owners are in a zone of legal ambiguity. [More]
So… I take it Ted Davis and Bill Brisson will be no help?
A Common Mistake
ATF’s newly updated registry shows 6,654,209 suppressors, more than 1.2 million short-barreled rifles, and over 8.1 million registered items across four major NFA categories. In this video, we examine how the government’s own numbers strengthen the “common use” argument under Heller, Caetano, and Bruen—and further undermine the constitutional foundation of the National Firearms Act. [Watch]
Yeah, well, don’t get too comfortable with “common use” being the cutoff for protected arms.
[Via Jess]
‘Bowing to Pressure’
“The Department of Justice had the opportunity to act to protect our safety, but it failed to do so,” Kris Brown, the president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, said in a statement, noting the campaign from Republican lawmakers. “Our elected officials are supposed to serve the American people, not the gun industry’s bottom line. Today, the gun industry and silencer dealers are celebrating, while Americans are left less safe.” [More]
Couldn’t find anyone to refute that unmitigated horses#!+, could you, “real reporter” Chris Cameron?
They show their cards in the first sentence, about what you’d expect from “The newsraper of record.”
Randy Weaver called. He wants his wife and son back.
Related UPDATE
Who’s the Boss?
Multiple admin sources tell me the DOJ official pushing to appeal the case to the 5th Circuit is attorney Brett Shumate, who oversees the civil division at DOJ. Sources expressed shock at the extent to which Shumate seems to be controlled by anti-2A and anti-gun career bureaucrats within DOJ. [More]
Seeing as how all hands received a clear 2A directive with instructions to comply, where are the insubordination terminations?
Let’s find out.
I’d have copied Todd Blanche but his old account no longer exists and I can’t find a new one yet.
[Via Jess]
Today’s Five-Minute Activism
TELL THE WHITE HOUSE: DON’T LET DOJ APPEAL OUR WIN! [More]
I was gonna say it took me less than five minutes to read the appeal, complete the petition, and post this announcement, but I can’t get the damn “Contact the White House Here!” link to work.
If you have better success, educate me in “Comments.”
Who Couldn’t See That Coming?
I do not understand why these lawyers are not being babysat by the Second Amendment unit of the Department of Justice because I cannot believe that people like Harmeet Dhillon would have signed off on the brief that was just filed by the Department of Justice in the Chris Brown versus BATF case… [Watch]
I understand why. I can believe it.
I don’t blame embedded subversives any more than the frog should blame the scorpion. I blame those they report to who have let them stay on and get away with it.
[Via Jess]
A Taxing Situation
…Congress’ taxing power cannot be used to support the NFA since the tax for suppressors and short-barreled firearms was eliminated in the One Big Beautiful Bill. Eliminating that tax, therefore, no longer justifying Congress’ taxing power under the NFA. [More]
As if the Framers would have considered any part of the NFA to be a legitimate power of Congress, so yeah, deck chairs on the Titanic, but I you gotta start somewhere.
[More]
Perpetual Motion
Plaintiffs have filed a motion for summary judgment in Roberts v. ATF, one of the Second Amendment Foundation’s (SAF) three supported lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the National Firearms Act’s (NFA) registration requirements for short-barreled firearms and silencers. [More]
I just keep coming back to “shall not be infringed” and wonder what evil madness has gripped what was supposed to be the exemplar of Liberty, and, noticing who’s fighting us on this and where the buck stops, what all those high-sounding promises really meant.
Third Time’s a Charm?
A Right Delayed AND Denied
And everything else is left hanging until whenever, with no rush there either.
As noted many times before, those who have it won’t cede real power unless there’s a credible “or else” attached to the demand. And they’re counting on most of us having too much to lose to jump out of the heating pot.
[Via Jess]
More 2A ‘Task Force’ Treason
But as shown, the Government’s efforts to defend the panel’s decision are all unpersuasive. And the starkness of the Seventh Circuit’s departure from this Court’s precedent— combined with the peculiar and anomalous nature of the restrictions on short-barreled rifles at issue—in fact make this case a particularly suitable vehicle for resolving one or more of these fundamental methodological questions. [More]
So, why is “pro-gun” Pam Bondi’s Justice Department arguing otherwise?
Not that I expect any of the gun groups to resolve these things at a round table that doesn’t exist and they won’t ask for…
[Via Jess]
A Privilege Delayed
ATF Recalls NFA Examiners to Work During Shutdown in Response to Pressure from GOA [More]
Now you can register them in a timely manner just like the Founders intended.
Lemonade Out of Lemons
About That ‘Next Big Win’
This Time It’ll Work
Rep. Andrew Clyde just introduced an amendment to the Senate-passed budget reconciliation bill to remove the NFA registration requirement for suppressors, SBRs, SBSs, and AOWs. Call your Rep and DEMAND they support the Clyde Amendment! No half measures! Gut the NFA! [More]
I generally don’t appreciate naysayers, but who believes the momentum hasn’t been dissipated?
[Via Michael G]