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1. On March 23, 2026 at 12:50 am, Georgiaboy61 said:

   The constant ping-ponging back and forth by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, & Firearms (AFT), first decreeing something legal and then changing its mind capriciously a few months or perhaps years later, is emblematic of the lack of professionalism and respect for the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights which are so evident at the agency.

   If it wasn’t so-called pistol braces, then it would be something else.

   Indeed, if one was cynical, one might regard their actions as de facto turning the law itself into a weapon with which to punish legal owners of firearms, accessories and ammunition. The process is the punishment, and so forth.

   Declaring pistol braces legal, and allowing companies to invest in products based upon that decision, and retailers and merchants to purchase braced AR pistols from distributors in the belief that they were legally safe to sell…. the agency has done a big disservice to all of those organizations and entities, as well as individual firearms owners.

   I don’t own a FA distributorship or store, or manufacturer of braced pistols, but if I did, I would be quite upset at the ATF for changing their minds, yet again. At the stroke of a pen, the agency has thrown the entire market segment into disarray and cut the merchants off at the knees: They now are stuck with inventory they can’t sell legally, or may be not able to sell legally …. and any customers still bold-enough to buy a pistol-brace FA probably won’t pay anywhere near full price.

   What about the owners of pistol-brace ARs? Do they hang on to them and risk being caught in the possession of an illegal FA accessory and/or accused of owning an SBR, or do they sell them at a loss to comply with the law only to see the agency change their minds yet again?

   What the ATF is doing with these regulations is quite simply entrapment, which is supposed to be illegal. That’s real smart: An agency of the government whose job is supposed to be upholding the law, is now breaking it again – and no one in Congress or the Courts seems to care.

   At this point, as evidence of malpractice by the senior executives at the agency piles up, the real question we ought to be asking is: Why hasn’t anything been done about it?

   In theory, Congress is supposed to regulate/supervise – and if necessary discipline if they step out of line – agencies like the ATF, but in fact, it looks like Congress is afraid of them. What’s that all about?

   If Congress won’t do their jobs, what are the taxpayers doing paying them all of those lavish salaries and benefits?

2. On March 24, 2026 at 6:06 pm, Latigo Morgan said:

   Didn’t SCOTUS strike down Chevron Deference, which allowed BATF to pull such shenanigans in the first place?

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