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General Category => National/Breaking News => Second Amendment => Topic started by: Elderberry on December 19, 2020, 04:57:07 pm

Title: ATF Decision Could Lead to Biggest Gun Registration, Turn-in Effort in American History
Post by: Elderberry on December 19, 2020, 04:57:07 pm: Washington Free Beacon by Stephen Gutowski 12/17/2020

Agency's vague AR-15 pistol standards could affect millions

New guidance from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) could put millions of Americans in legal jeopardy.

The ATF published a notice (https://www.scribd.com/document/488431301/Atf) Thursday that could require millions of AR-15 pistols and similar firearmsâ€”which are designed with braces that strap on to a shooter's forearmâ€”to be either registered, turned in, destroyed, or dismantled. But the standards laid out for determining the devices' legality, such as caliber or weight, provide no objective measures, and the agency said it may also use undisclosed factors to judge the legality of the devices.

The agency conceded in the notice that some pistol braces are legal and should not be subject to the registration or destruction requirement. It said, however, that it could not provide a blanket determination for which pistols, or braces with which they're often equipped, are legal and said it would have to examine each gun "on a case-by-case basis." That means owners of the vast majority of the estimated three to four million AR-15 pistols and similar firearms may have to register with the ATF.

Second Amendment advocates were up in arms over the proposed rule, saying the uncertain legal status could destroy several businesses that make pistol braces and harm the gun industry. Erich Pratt, senior vice president of Gun Owners of America (GOA), said the subjective nature of the guidance shows that the "ATF has gone off into the deep end."

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Title: Re: ATF Decision Could Lead to Biggest Gun Registration, Turn-in Effort in American History
Post by: libertybele on December 19, 2020, 05:09:42 pm: I wasn't familiar with the AR-15 pistol so I looked it up.

A turn-in effort....even if I owned one ... I would not comply. Any gun confiscation effort is frightening. They want our guns period. We will have no rights if that should happen or if we surrender by any "gun turn-in".
Title: Re: ATF Decision Could Lead to Biggest Gun Registration, Turn-in Effort in American History
Post by: skeeter on December 19, 2020, 05:11:22 pm: Quote from: libertybele on December 19, 2020, 05:09:42 pm
I wasn't familiar with the AR-15 pistol so I looked it up.

A turn-in effort....even if I owned one ... I would not comply. Any gun confiscation effort is frightening. They want our guns period. We will have no rights if that should happen or if we surrender by any "gun turn-in".

I will not comply with ANY further restrictions.
Title: Re: ATF Decision Could Lead to Biggest Gun Registration, Turn-in Effort in American History
Post by: libertybele on December 19, 2020, 05:14:46 pm: Quote from: skeeter on December 19, 2020, 05:11:22 pm
I will not comply with ANY further restrictions.

With Biden in office I predict they will make an all out effort to crush the gun and ammo manufacturers. That's another reason why gun sales have been at an all time high and ammo has been so difficult to purchase. People have been 'gearing up'.
Title: Re: ATF Decision Could Lead to Biggest Gun Registration, Turn-in Effort in American History
Post by: txradioguy on December 20, 2020, 06:23:20 pm: Yeah thatâ€™s a solid no from me.