Mike does a good job of breaking it down. I was just trying to recall the compliance rate with AR-15 registration when Connecticut tried this stunt. As best as I recall it was < 10%. This is different, i.e., declaring a SBR, but even worse because for those who comply, they can’t even carry the firearm across state lines without ATF approval.
I never got into the pistol brace scene, but there are a lot of them in circulation, many more than I suspect will be registered with the ATF as SBRs.
This article is not about Force Reset Triggers. You should read it for the intelligence value to understand how ATF is running ops against America.
One of these agents spoke to AmmoLand News on a condition of anonymity, giving the gun community an insight into the ATF’s actions.
The Special Agents do not have discretion whether to contact the buyer or not. The order from ATF HQ demanded the field offices act. The ATF Special Agents are instructed to persuade the owner to turn over the triggers. While some agents are honest with gun owners and even give them a couple of days to decide what to do with the triggers, others have lied to the target. Law enforcement officers are not under any obligation, to be honest.
There’s also a degree of speculation in the article. Parse it yourself.
And separately, the legality of ATF’s “Knock and Talk” is being questioned.
US Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) has demanded to see legal justification for the growing number of ‘knock and talk’ visits to lawful gun owners by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF).
In a letter written Tuesday to Attorney General Merrick Garland and reported on by Breitbart, Ernst laid out eight questions about the program, which according to Garland is aimed at uncovering ‘straw purchases’ – cases in which a person legally barred from buying a gun uses someone with a clean record to purchase it for them.
Ernst asked Garland what constituted probable cause for these visits and whether agents sought a warrant before turning up on the target’s doorstep, expressing concern about what procedures were in place to protect their Fourth Amendment right against unwarranted search and seizure. She also questioned whether any guidelines existed for what time of day agents could conduct their inquiries and whether they were required to wear uniforms identifying them as ATF.
There are a number of things to digest here. First, this video explains the background.
Second, this video is the perspective of GOA when they submitted the brief to the court.
Third, this is the result.
BREAKING: The U.S District Court for the District of North Dakota Eastern Division has denied GOA and GOF's request for a preliminary injunction against the ATF's Frame & Receiver Rule. pic.twitter.com/cdVpfqTI4y
Another tyrant in a black robe, coupled with tyrants inside the beltway, all of whom should be fired and the agency disbanded.
Fourth, this is another follow-on from the rule, said rulemaking which should never have been done, and which should have gone through the comment period.
This ATF rule makes it so EVERY SINGLE firearm transaction record (Form 4473) will eventually end up in a digital searchable database, rather than be destroyed after 20 years. But somehow, THAT isn't a violation of the prohibition on creating a gun registry!? ♂️ pic.twitter.com/ADNoHXa5R0
Take it all under advisement, dear readers. Hope, work and pray for the best, prepare for the worst. They have made it clear that they don’t care about the law, and they don’t even care anymore that you know that they don’t care. ATF agents should be mighty proud tonight. How can they look themselves in the mirror and answer questions from their children about their work without holding their heads down in shame?
Your firearms are your birthright as an American, and the underlying moral code which justifies it comes from the Almighty.
From Dan Wos at AmmoLand. Includes Video. The Congress of the United States should be ashamed of itself, but communists have no shame. They desire control above all else.
USA – -(AmmoLand.com)- In another attempt to discourage firearm manufacturers from producing guns and as a Segway to repeal the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA,) the Democrat-controlled House Oversight committee has issued a subpoena on Smith and Wesson in an attempt to get their sales and production information.
House Oversight Committee chair and anti-gunner Rep. Carolyn Maloney (A democrat from NY) held a hearing on so-called “gun violence.” During that hearing, she challenged Chris Killoy at Ruger and Marty Daniel at Daniel Defense to “accept responsibility” and apologize to victims of mass shootings and their families.”
This is effective propaganda by the right:
At a certain point, you would think the left would realize that their anti-gun fear campaign is being seen as nothing more than a scam even in the eyes of their battle-weary comrades.
Applications are expected to skyrocket, but it doesn’t mean crime will increase.
“The vast majority of gun crimes in New York are committed by people who do not have gun permits at all,” Feldman said.
The reforms go into effect Sept. 1. People who were recently rejected because of the current statute can reapply within the next 60 days, all free of charge.
Bravo to Alecia Reid for playing it straight down the line. Although according to her bio, she’s a communist. Via The Gun Feed.
NEW: For the first time, we witnessed the TX National Guard close & lock a gate on private property at a major crossing area in Eagle Pass, denying entry to migrants who just crossed illegally & expected to be let in. Border Patrol then came w/ a key & let them in for processing. pic.twitter.com/S1fZaTJnEi
This is easy. The governor of Texas could handle this with the stroke of a pen.
Issue arming orders to the Texas National Guard. Tell them to monitor the passing. If the Border Patrol follows orders from above and comes to open the passing, arrest them and put them into indefinite confinement along with arrested or detained migrants.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has so far randomly audited 24 sheriff’s offices in Missouri in search of concealed carry weapon (CCW) details, but they all refused to comply, according to law enforcement authorities.
“None released anything pertaining to CCWs themselves, but some did partially comply by answering procedural questions on issuing CCWs,” said Moniteau County’s Sheriff Tony Wheatley.
Don’t do that. Confiscate their weapons and seize their credentials, arrest them on the spot, and either take them to the state border and release them or throw them into jail. Tell them never to come back.
This will get worse until the states stand up for themselves.
Respondents next direct the Court to the history of the Colonies and early Republic, but they identify only three restrictions on public carry from that time. While the Court doubts that just three colonial regulations could suffice to show a tradition of public-carry regulation, even looking at these laws on their own terms, the Court is not convinced that they regulated public carry akin to the New York law at issue. The statutes essentially prohibited bearing arms in a way that spread “fear” or “terror” among the people, including by carrying of “dangerous and unusual weapons.” See 554 U. S., at 627. Whatever the likelihood that handguns were considered “dangerous and unusual” during the colonial period, they are today “the quintessential self-defense weapon.” Id., at 629. Thus, these colonial laws provide no justification for laws restricting the public carry of weapons that are unquestionably in common use today. Pp. 37–42.
He goes on in citing Bruen to note that it didn’t take tyrants long to begin to press their tyranny.
In the early to mid-19th century, some States began enacting laws that proscribed the concealed carry of pistols and other small weapons.
This is yet another great commentary by Dean. He concludes with this.
Thousands of gun laws across the United States have destroyed hundreds of thousands of lives and done untold economic damage. They were passed with lies and false promises. It is time to repeal most of them.
Yes, laws against barrel length, gun features, ownership stipulations, capacity, rate of fire, and on and on the circus goes. I wouldn’t have stopped with the need for most of them being repealed. I would have said all of them.
The exception would be manufacturer liability for bad products and poor engineering. If a manufacturer fabricates and markets a firearm that harms the user because of poor craftsmanship or failure to follow SAAMI specifications, I believe they should be held accountable, both legally and financially. I think this is in line with what I’ll call Christian libertarianism.
Outside of this single law, I’m at a loss to find another one with which I agree or believe should be kept.
President Jair Bolsonaro has called on millions of Brazilians to arm themselves as soon as possible to fight against the tyrannical elites who want to enslave them. “Everyone should buy a gun, damn it! Armed people will never be enslaved,” Bolsonaro told a crowd of supporters outside his official residence, the Alvorada Palace, on Friday, Newspunch.com reports.
He acknowledged that guns “cost a lot,” but urged gun opponents to stop nagging people who are willing and able to pay to buy them, writes Rt.com.
During his campaign for office, Bolsonaro vowed to relax Brazil’s gun laws so citizens could protect themselves from the country’s rampant crime and violence. And he has kept that promise, issuing nearly a dozen decrees making firearms, including semi-automatic assault rifles, more readily available to the public. However, some of them were amended by the National Congress.
The president’s latest initiative in February allowed Brazilian citizens to possess up to six guns and removed the federal police and military from overseeing firearms possession. Those who have a hunting license can now buy 30 rifles, while marksmen can have up to 60. According to data obtained by law enforcement newspaper O Globo, the number of privately owned firearms in the country has risen from about 700,000 to more than 1.2 million since 2018.
I only agree that armed people will never be enslaved assuming the will to use them.
A man who doesn’t believe in slavery of his people wants them armed in order to defend against tyrannical elites. Meanwhile, the elites in America are trying everything possible to disarm the public.
Smith & Wesson has issued a statement amid unprecedented attacks on the gun industry. Read the whole thing.
Next, Duke University is out with an analysis of lower court decisions in the aftermath of Bruen. You can read their summary.
Since Bruen was issued on June 23, lower courts have begun to apply its new framework to Second Amendment challenges. As of today there are no major developments in the four cases that the Court GVR’ed shortly after Bruen, which include a challenge to Hawaii’s proper-cause analogue, two magazine-capacity cases, and a challenge to Maryland’s assault weapons ban. However, in the month following Bruen, some state and lower federal courts have issued decisions invoking Bruen. This post summarizes a handful of notable decisions.
Bruen is being ignored by a Federal Judge in Minnesota. Nobody is surprised that the Left ignores the law; they are anarchists top to bottom.
Next, Missouri Sheriffs continue resisting the FBI’s CCW list audit. They want the list; make no mistake. It has nothing to do with crime or public safety; they want you in a database.
Wheatley is among the sheriffs who received an email from Missouri’s Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s office on Aug. 9 in which he reminded law enforcement officers not to comply.
“We’re the highest ranking freely elected law enforcement of the state and it’s up to us to stand up for the rights of Missouri citizens,” Wheatley told the Epoch Times.
“The federal government, they overstep some, and it’s our job to put them in check and stand up for what we know is right.”
Also, the Washington Times has an opinion piece about BATFE’s new NICS denial and delay procedures. Any third grader can see this will eventually lead to every purchase being delayed, the purchaser being investigated, and serial numbers captured. They want to attain their holy grail database, implemented so they can make you turn them in. How do we know this? Because that’s what they’ve done the world over for generations.
Gun owners and constitutionalists at large are growing increasingly concerned by an invasive new policy to be enforced by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, which will mandate the reporting of background-check delays and denials to local law enforcement when someone tries to purchase a firearm. We can already predict the negative consequences of this poorly designed policy, with innocent individuals trying to buy a gun being inadvertently flagged by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System and, shortly after, angrily greeting law enforcement at their front door.
Dean Weingarten has a very informative article up at Ammoland. He’s always a good read, although I disagree with his seeming exoneration of the NRA in these affairs. It’s not just that they didn’t stop some of it, they actively participated in it, and failed to stop the worst parts. Those failures today haunt the firearms community.
I won’t lift any of the article. In this case it would be bad form since it’s so long and detailed. But go read his piece.
I will mention that TCJ commenter Sisu mentions this in the comments.
Sen Thomas Dodd (Christopher’s corrupt, demonrat father; another political dynasty) had many roles in government including a stint with the FBI, and was second ranking lawyer at the Nuremberg Trials, it is there where he is said to have obtained and retained a copy of the Nazi’s Gun Control Acts. … Many will recall JPFO translated the Nazi 1938 Act and compared it to US GCA of 1968 proposed by Dodd; they are in all material respects the same legislation.
I didn’t know that. Thanks to reader Sisu for educating us.
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