Category Archives: BATF
ATF changes 42 year old rule
From the NSSF Blog: ATF Reverses Interpretation of GCA; Redefines “Transfers” of Firearms Reversing an interpretation of the Gun Control Act that has been on the books for more than four decades, ATF today posted a ruling declaring any shipment … Continue reading
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ATF: All your toy guns are belong to us
Mind bogglingly stupid. But then the ATF is well known for making it up as they go along.
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We need common sense gun laws!
You hear the call all the time from those who would ban guns. “We need to have common sense gun laws!” Well I agree, we do need common sense gun laws. For instance, if the barrel on my shotgun is … Continue reading
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Austin Police behaving badly – Updated and Bumped
The Austin Police acting with the BATF are reportedly pressuring a gun show promoter to only allow sales to and from licensed FFL dealers at local gun shows. The Texas Gun Shows website has this notice: Also this flyer was … Continue reading
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Bloomberg's Anti-Gun Agenda
Calgunlaws has obtained the Mayors Against Illegal Guns “Blueprint For Federal Action on Illegal Guns” through a FOIA request to the White House. Bloomberg’s group had previously refused to disclose the report. MAIG-Blueprint-FOIA This is particularly insidious because of the … Continue reading
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YAY! Texas is #1 in Machine Guns!
ATF stats (If you can believe them) show Texas in the lead in machine gun ownership. Data published in 2000 showed 18,919 NFA machine guns in Texas, more than any other state. There are 277,360 NFA machine guns in the … Continue reading
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5 years for $200
5 years in jail for essentially failing to pay a $200 tax. A Lincoln man will spend close to five years in federal prison for possessing a homemade gun silencer. On Monday, United States District Judge Richard Kopf sentenced Douglas … Continue reading
BATF Idiocy: A perfect example.
The Nahant Library would like to sell a historic Maxim machine gun to raise funds for expansion. The machine gun was captured by Alvin York and as a historical piece, could be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Unfortunately, the … Continue reading
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Heller and Machine Guns
Here I go again quoting myself from another blog. IANAL, but I don’t see the door shut on overturning the post-86 MG ban in the Heller opinion. We’re may be stuck with registration of some kind, but the 86 ban … Continue reading
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Shakeups At The BATFE?
David Hardy says there are rumors of supervisor suspensions at the BATFE. We should be so lucky. Hopefully it’s true and more than just shuffling the deck.
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