re: ATF pistol brace draft proposal

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I still stand by my statement. The ATF needs to be gutted starting at the top.

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I'm wrong for saying this but its what I think and feel. The ATF is one agency where I don't feel any sympathy or empathy towards them whatsoever. I'm at the point to where if BLM or Antifa was assaulting them, I wouldn't care one bit. Not one bit.

Might as well go ahead and drill that third hole then. Brrr brrr brrr.



.... jk....I lost all mine in a fire .

That duck stamp is $25 and it actually goes for something useful, conservation.

That $200 NFA tax goes to the Gustapo to be waste.

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buy a Tax stamp

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This occurrence will be tracked via a registry, don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

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Good luck tying anything I post here to an actual persons identity.

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I just just traced your IP address. I’ll be knocking on your door shortly.

Long interview with the owner of sb tactical

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The ATF needs to be gutted starting at the top.

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Wrong.

The ATF needs to be dissolved. All gutting does is make them start over packing it with their lackeys.

It needs to not exist.

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Importantly, the draft document recognizes that most people with braced firearms have acted in good faith. It suggests that the agency seeks to establish a procedure by which people who already have firearms that may fall under the purview of the NFA, and who wish to take advantage of registering them as NFA firearms to obtain the legal protections of such, may potentially do so without payment of the associated tax.

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I REALLY don't like this idea.

It seems expressly designed to make us ok with the idea of registering, as long as we don't have to pay for it.

If it came down to 1 or the other, I'd much rather pay $200, instead of registering a firearm.

Request for comment has been dropped on the Federal Register website

I know not all of us have pro-2A Congresscritters, but those of you that do need to contact them. And not just Representatives, but Senators as well.

The only way I see this getting stopped, is Congress making a stink about it like what happened when the ATF was considering classifying M855 as armor piercing.

Here is a nice format I found on ar15.com for you to use as an email:

Dear Representative XXXXX, you may be aware of the letter recently issued by BATFE, "Objective Factors for Classifying Weapons with "Stabilizing Braces". I write to voice my concerns and request that your office investigate the basis for this proposed rule change and the factors to be used in determining whether a formerly legal object, a braced pistol, suddenly becomes a short-barreled rifle that is subject to NFA restrictions. Under the administrative regulations that govern ATF and all federal agencies, rule changes cannot be arbitrary or capricious, and there must be sufficient framework established so that those subject to the regulations know with certainty whether their actions are lawful.

The ATF proposal does not provide any guidance to owners of braced pistols to aid them in determining whether their firearms will be subject to registration. The factors listed are incomplete; for example, "Type and Caliber" are listed as factors considered, but no examples are given as to what calibers would be "pistol" versus "short barreled rifle". "Length of Pull" is listed as a factor, but no proposed measurements are provided. This same vagueness is present in every factor listed.

Millions of stabilizing braces have been purchased in good faith by law-abiding citizens since 2012; the ATF's proposed actions present lawful firearm owners with a choice between registering their firearms or becoming potential felons, all without any firm guidance as to what types of firearms would need to be registered.

I hope you and your office will look into this matter and rein in ATF; otherwise, I fear that the incoming administration will run roughshod over gun owners and severely erode the God-given rights protected by the Second Amendment.