re: ATF looking at deregulating suppressors and import restrictions on some guns

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Turk notes that suppressors are rarely used in crimes and have become popular with hunters nationwide. He also admits that the eight-month wait time to process suppressor purchases has become “widely viewed by applicants and the industry as far too long, resulting in numerous complaints to Congress.”

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I could care less what is popular with the hunting crowd. It's that attitude which cost the rest of us gun owners both head and heartache.

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The ATF cannot remove suppressors from the NFA by itself, but, according to Turk, it can revise the definition of “silencer” to include only those parts necessary for the suppressor’s operation.

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So in other words it'll be like building an AR15. The lower requires an FFL while the rest can be bought and shipped home. Now which component will require the tax stamps is unknown but I'll go out on a limb and say it's the shell leaving the internals off the list.

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Turk’s second significant change would loosen the restrictions on the importation of modern sporting rifles (MSRs) like AR-15s and AK-47s. Turk notes that these firearms are already widely available in the United States, so restricting their importation serves “questionable public safety interests” and imposes a heavy workload on the ATF. Turk proposes that the agency revisit its almost 20-year old Sporting Purpose Study to “bring it up to date with the sport shooting landscape of today.”

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I use to have a copy of the "study." Blatantly obvious it's purpose was to ban imported semi autos. 922r has been one of the most useless regulations ever imposed both gun and nongun regulations.

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Another change Turk suggests would allow a firearm user to shoulder a pistol without re-classifying that weapon as a “short barreled rifle.”

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What is it about a pistol having a stock that is so dangerous that the feds need to know where you live and have you ask them for permission to drive across state lines with is beyond silliness.

Turk may have the very best of intentions and honestly wants to improve the conditions for everyone but we need to one up this and get legislation handled. Even if he did the best possible for gun owners, the current leadership and their superiors won't always have that sentiment with exhibit A the EOs that led to the 1989 and 1998 bans.