The ATF’s Honey Badger Action is a Rogue Political Hit Aimed at Gun Owners and Timed for the Electio

[txradioguy]

We had the opportunity to sit down with Alex Bosco, founder of SB Tactical, and talk to him about the ATF’s recent decision to send a cease and desist letter to Q, LLC, maker of the Honey Badger pistol platform. For those out of the loop, SB Tactical is the creator of the original pistol stabilizing brace system. For years now, SB Tactical has been trying to get the ATF to come to the table with a set of publicly available standards that will allow the firearms industry to produce orthotic devices and braces.

Throughout our discussion with Bosco, it became abundantly clear the ATF has no intention of doing so. Instead, the ATF opts toward a system that says “We’ll know it when we see it” as to an item’s legality under the National Firearms Act. This kiss the ring style of law enforcement currently requires manufacturers of items such as pistol braces to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars investing in research and development of new products.

Once complete, the companies then have to send their product to the ATF on a completed platform. The ATF then may or may not eventually get back to the manufacturer telling them if their product meets the currently unstated standards of being a pistol stabilizing brace.

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This is the ATF’s current publicly released standard for legality when it comes to a particular pistol brace. Keep in mind, the Honey Badger platform is not new. When originally released to the public, it was the understanding of both Q, LLC, and their customers, that the Honey Badger pistol was fully compliant with all known firearm laws at the time.

This “We’ll know it when we see it” non-standard is a fluid concept amongst individual ATF agents at best, and something that can be weaponized against the industry at a moment’s notice.

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The ATF is responsible for the massacres at both Waco and Ruby Ridge. Most recently, they’re responsible for the Fast and the Furious fiasco which saw 2,000 firearms illegally sold to Mexican drug cartel members in one of the largest scandals of the Obama Administration.

https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/sb-tacticals-alex-bosco-on-the-atfs-honey-badger-pistol-cease-and-desist-letter/

[Elderberry]

Please Urge the Department of Justice to Rein in ATF's Arbitrary Determination on "Honey Badger" Pistol

NRA-ILA Monday, October 12, 2020

https://www.nraila.org/articles/20201012/please-urge-the-department-of-justice-to-rein-in-atfs-arbitrary-determination-on-honey-badger-pistol

As we reported last week, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF”) recently informed firearm manufacturer Q, LLC that, in ATF’s view, Q’s “Honey Badger” pistol with stabilizing brace is actually a short-barreled rifle and therefore subject to the National Firearms Act (“NFA”). The NRA strongly disagrees with this arbitrary, inequitable, and incorrect determination by ATF that puts millions of firearms owners in danger of federal prosecution.

On Friday, the White House made clear in a statement to the Washington Free Beacon that they're working with DoJ to protect our rights​, “The White House and leadership at the Department of Justice are reviewing this matter to ensure there is no interference with the ability of law-abiding citizens—including lawful firearms manufacturers—to exercise their constitutionally guaranteed liberties.”

Since 2012, ATF has repeatedly found that firearms with pistol stabilizing braces, like the one equipped on Q’s Honey Badger pistol, are not “designed, made, and intended to be fired from the shoulder,” and are therefore not subject to regulation under the NFA. Now, with no notice or opportunity for public input, ATF appears to be reversing course.

More at link.