{"id":1323,"date":"2020-12-19T17:46:35","date_gmt":"2020-12-19T17:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grnc.org\/wp\/index.php\/2020\/12\/19\/grnc-alert-12-19-20-stop-atf-registration-scheme\/"},"modified":"2020-12-19T17:46:35","modified_gmt":"2020-12-19T17:46:35","slug":"grnc-alert-12-19-20-stop-atf-registration-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grnc.org\/wp\/2020\/12\/grnc-alert-12-19-20-stop-atf-registration-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"GRNC Alert 12-19-20: Stop ATF Registration Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Stop ATF Registration Scheme<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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First they came for bump sticks and stabilizing braces..<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/div>\n
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Then it will be the AR-15 \u2013 The Modern Day Musket \u2013 soon it will be every gun you own<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span>
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In recent weeks, hostility from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has increased dramatically as it begins to search for new guns to either ban or regulate through the 1934 National Firearms Act which, until recently, dealt largely with machine guns, sound suppressors, and short-barreled rifles and shotguns.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Acting ATF Director Regina Lombardo, who\u00a0 has a reputation for being anti-Trump has reportedly been in discussions with the Biden team, saying that AR-15 pistol stabilizing braces and 80% unfinished lowers were \u201ctop priorities.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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It started weeks ago when the ATF sent a cease-and-desist order to Q, LLC concerning its AR-15 pistol called the \u201cHoneybadger\u201d \u2013 this despite the fact that the ATF has previously signed off on the gun. Next, the ATF threatened SB tactical with action over its braces, claiming it hadn\u2019t sought approval for each individual model of stabilizing brace, even though the company has demonstrated that it did.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Most disingenuous has been the ATF refusal to clearly define what is or is not acceptable as a \u201cpistol stabilizing brace\u201d and what makes the gun an unregistered SBR, even attempting to prosecute an Ohio man for \u201cviolating\u201d a \u201cregulation\u201d never available to the public.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Senator Ted Cruz and 15 other Republican senators<\/a> (including our own Sen. Thom Tillis) have sent a letter to the ATF demanding clarification, saying: \u201cATF has a responsibility to clearly and distinctly articulate its position, in order to inform the public of changing regulations as soon as possible. A \u2018know-it-when-you-see-it\u2019 approach to firearms by the ATF can quickly become a slippery slope for all legal American gun owners as well as government firearm regulation enforcement.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, the ATF has raided Polymer 80, which makes unfinished Glock-like receivers and parts kits, reportedly demanding customer lists which it is searching for prohibited buyers in a defacto \u201c80% lower registration scheme.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Whether you own any of these devices is irrelevant<\/u><\/strong>. If the ATF gets away with banning guns by regulatory fiat (as they did with \u201cbump stocks\u201d), circumventing the legislative process, the next guns they will try ban will be semi-automatic firearms, which it could reclassify as NFA weapons<\/u><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The good news is that ATF has opened a comment period on pistol braces;\u00a0 bad news is that nothing in the comment letter would bind the ATF to any particular course of action, and nothing commits the ATF to any specific criteria, instead codifying the unpredictable \u201cI\u2019ll know it when I see it\u201d approach on whether the gun would be suitable for use as a pistol, including: type and caliber, weight and length, length of \u201cpull\u201d (even though such guns, lacking stocks, don\u2019t really have a \u201clength of pull\u201d), attachment method, design features, \u201caim point,\u201d secondary grips, sights and scopes, and peripheral accessories.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Moreover, the comment period is open for only 14 days from yesterday, and the ATF is being very specific on comments they will or will not consider. \u00a0In truth, the ATF seems to be making it as hard as possible to comment, no doubt with the intention of minimizing your chance to provide input.<\/span><\/p>\n

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IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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