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The ATF has resumed openly murdering Americans

22 days ago -

(Article republished from Mises.org)

Later as they have cooled their trigger fingers, the ATF’s side gig of deliberately allowing guns to flow into Mexico for “tracking purposes” was exposed in the Fast and Furious scandal after two of these guns turned up near the scene of the killing of Brian Terry, a border patrol officer, in 2010 (a whole of lot of good this “tracking” did).

In more recent years, ATF’s favorite pastime has been to send several ...

Supreme Court overturns Chevron doctrine; judicial branch can now overrule corrupt FDA, CDC, EPA, ATF and other rogue agencies

25 days ago - atform at Brighteon.io. Explore our free, downloadable generative AI tools at Brighteon.AI. Support our efforts to build the infrastructure of human freedom by shopping at HealthRangerStore.com, featuring lab-tested, certified organic, non-GMO foods and nutritional solutions.For years now, conservatives have focused their attention on putting an end to regulations in general, this being one of the campaign platforms of Donald Trump. But some regulations are onerous ...

ATF director says assault weapons ban now on his “wish list”

November 13, 2023 -

(Article by Tyler Durden republished from ZeroHedge.com)

During a recent interview with Caroline Light, the Director of Undergraduate studies in Women, Gender and Sexuality at Harvard University, ATF Director Steve Dettelbach was asked about his gun control "Wish list."

Steven Dettelbach (right) with historian Caroline Light (left). Source: Harvard 

According to Harvard Magazine, ATF Director Dettelbach answered that he'd like to revive ...

ATF FFL definition expansion isn’t just unconstitutional. It’s unfeasible

September 13, 2023 -

(Article by Larry Keane republished from AmmoLand.com)

This is just the latest salvo from President Joe Biden, who declared from the debate stage in 2019 that the firearm industry is “the enemy.”

Now, as the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is snuffing out firearm retailers at a record pace due to an unrelenting attack of historically-high firearm license revocations under the guise of its “zero-tolerance” policy, the administration ...

ATF has shut down nearly 2,000 gun stores since the implementation of its new “zero tolerance” policy

July 27, 2023 -

This is according to a lawsuit filed against the ATF and its "zero tolerance" policy by the pro-Second Amendment organization Gun Owners of America (GOA), which found through combing ATF data that the bureau has put nearly 2,000 gun sellers out of business in the past two years alone. (Related: GOA files lawsuit against ATF's "zero tolerance" policy which has forced over 1,000 gun dealers to shut down.)

The ordeal gun sellers in the United States ...

ATF whistleblower exposes rampant FRAUD inside the agency

May 10, 2023 -

The whistleblower who used the moniker Joe told CBS News that multiple employees received millions of dollars in bonuses under the Law Enforcement Availability Pay (LEAP) system. Under the system, an ATF agent could receive 25 percent of their salary over base pay. Joe explained that if an agent makes a base salary of $100,000, they could receive $125,000 in LEAP bonuses.

However, only law enforcement officers working long and odd hours are qualified for the bonus....

ATF director grilled by Jim Jordan over the possibility that millions of gun owners could soon become felons due to overreaching arm brace rule

May 10, 2023 -

Jim Jordan, the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) sent a letter this week to ATF Director Steven Dettelbach following his recent refusal before the House Judiciary Committee to define “assault weapon” and provide clarity on the rule.

The ATF is maintaining that stabilizing braces should be considered short-barreled rifles and therefore be subjected to additional regulations under the National Firearms Act when ...

ATF bans millions of guns with new pistol brace rule

January 17, 2023 -

(Article by Stephen Gutowski republished from TheReload.com)

The agency announced plans to publish the final version of their rule reclassifying pistol braces, a popular firearm accessory, on Friday. The rule, which President Joe Biden requested as part of his efforts to unilaterally reform gun laws, would effectively ban the use of braces unless registered with the ATF. Anyone who does not comply with the rule could be subject to upwards of ten years in federal ...

ATF bans stabilizing braces on pistols that were legally purchased, turning millions of gun owners into instant criminals

January 17, 2023 -

Most recently, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives implemented a new rule banning so-called "pistol stabilizing devices" which they claim transform short-barreled semi-automatic pistols into rifles without changing anything else about the gun itself (like rate of fire, for instance).

The new rule (ATF final rule 2021R-08F) was published on the ATF’s website today and is set to be posted on the Federal Register on Monday, one day ...

ATF raids maker of 80 percent lowers in prelude to what a Biden-Harris anti-gun regime will look like

December 15, 2020 -

But even before these two left-wing clowns are inaugurated, the left-wing deep state functionaries at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, more popularly known as ATF, are already giddy about a Biden-Harris administration because they know they’ll be empowered with more work than they can handle, trampling on our gun rights.

As Big League Politics reported: 

On December 10, 2020 the ATF showed gun owners yet again why it’s ...

ATF reversal could turn millions of gun owners into felons

October 10, 2020 - atform and what accessories may be attached to said platform," Gwathmey told the Washington Free Beacon.

White House deputy press secretary Brian Morgenstern said the Trump administration is reviewing the ATF's letter.

"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 ...

ATF allowed men to keep dealing METH for a year in order to arrest them for GUNS

December 11, 2018 -

In light of these statistics, recent news reports revealing that undercover operatives with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) continued to purchase crystal methamphetamine from suspected drug dealers for a full year instead of arresting them at once, are truly shocking. The reason for the delay? They were more interested in gathering enough evidence so that the men could ultimately be arrested for firearm possession than in stopping ...

Federal judge overturns ATF ‘pistol brace’ rule

a month ago - atforms. The accessory attaches to the rear of the pistol and the shooter’s forearm, enabling a steadier aim while holding the firearm with one hand.

Restrictions on stabilizing braces have been the subject of intense debate after the ATF proposed them in 2020. Initially, the ATF said in several open letters that it did not consider the braces as converting pistols into short-barreled rifles but in the final rule, the agency cited changes in the braces’ ...

Huge victory for gun owners as Supreme Court strikes down ATF’s bump stock ban as unconstitutional

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Bump stock ban meant thousands of Americans suddenly possessed illegal "machine guns"

These devices came into the spotlight after the FBI claimed the perpetrator of the 2017 shooting in Las Vegas used an AR-15 that was equipped with a bump stock ...

Another victory for gun owners as Biden’s ATF pistol rule vacated by federal judge

a month ago - atform at Brighteon.io. Explore our free, downloadable generative AI tools at Brighteon.AI. Support our efforts to build the infrastructure of human freedom by shopping at HealthRangerStore.com, featuring lab-tested, certified organic, non-GMO foods and nutritional solutions.The one-page order stated, in part: “Consequently, the Court finds that the Final Rule violated the APA’s procedural requirements because it was not a logical outgrowth of the Proposed Rule. Accordingly, ...

New Biden gun rule will BAN private firearms sales, ATF whistleblowers warn

February 05, 2024 -

The watchdog group Empower Oversight says the Biden regime needs to procure documents showing what this alleged regulation entails. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is said to be spearheading the rule, which will also require universal background checks on most or all gun sales period.

Back in August, President Biden rallied his troops around the proposition of stricter gun laws in the United States. Biden said he wants people who ...

NRA warns of ATF’s gun control proposal, which unjustly criminalizes those selling firearms to family members or friends

December 21, 2023 - atforms and other facilitators to abandon any involvement in private gun sales with vague threats of 'administrative action' for non-compliance," the statement added. "Meanwhile, the cartels, gang members, firearm smugglers and violent sociopaths Congress had in mind when passing the law that supposedly enables the proposal will be entirely unaffected."

According to Kozuch, if President Joe Biden's government is truly serious about fighting crime, they would instead ...

2A VICTORY: Texas federal judge halts ATF from enforcing pistol brace ban

November 12, 2023 -

A federal judge in Texas issued a nationwide injunction, preventing the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) from enforcing the ban.

U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk ruled that the ATF's attempt to legislate through regulation, rather than enforcing existing gun laws, was unlawful, particularly in the case of pistol braces. (Related: Top gun rights group leads effort urging House GOP action following ...

Oklahoma lawmaker demanding state AG arrest and prosecute ATF agents who conducted an illegal raid on gun dealer

October 30, 2023 -

Humphrey said he has filed a probable cause affidavit with the Oklahoma Attorney General's Office focused on the agents who raided the home of federal firearms license (FFL) holder Russel Fincher in Tuskahoma, Oklahoma on June 16. (Related: Gun owners oppose new ATF regulation that prohibits private firearm transfers: REGISTRATION paves the way for CONFISCATION.)

The state legislator added that he has been working with the sheriff's office of Pushmataha County, ...

Gun owners oppose new ATF regulation that prohibits private firearm transfers: REGISTRATION paves the way for CONFISCATION

September 08, 2023 -

Acting under the directives of the Biden administration, the ATF significantly broadened the scope of background checks, effectively covering almost all firearm sales across the United States.

Groups like the National Association for Gun Rights, known for their unwavering stance against universal background checks (UBCs), have been battling this issue since the Toomey-Manchin congressional dispute in 2013, which followed the tragic Sandy Hook mass shooting....