Thomas Brandon, the ATF’s Deputy Director, has been the agency’s Acting Director since 2015. The agency has been without a confirmed Director for nine out of the last 13 years. Now Brandon has announced his retirement as the end of this month. TTAG hears other departures may be in the works for the agency as […]
The ATF’s bump stock ban went into effect yesterday. And as we noted, Texas retailer RW Arms had 60,000 Slide Fire bump fire stocks in their inventory. Wanting to avoid felony charges, they turned them in to the ATF for destruction. Here, courtesy Mrgunsngear’s Facebook page, is video of the nauseating process.
While some limited stays of the ATF’s bump stock ban have been issued by two Circuit Courts, as of tomorrow, bump stock possession becomes illegal. Hence this press release from RW Arms in Ft. Worth, Texas . . . Leading Retailer of Bump Stocks to Turn in Entire Inventory to ATF Fort Worth based retailer, […]
We’ve reported in the last week that federal judges in both the Tenth and DC Circuits have issued temporary stays of the ATF’s bump stock ban which is due to take effect tomorrow. Those stays, however, only applied to the named plaintiffs in those two suits. Today, the DC Circuit expanded the universe of those […]
Deseret News reports; The U.S. Court of Appeals has issued a temporary stay on a ban for one Utah gun activist who is attempting to block the new rule that outlaws a gun accessory known as a bump stock in the U.S. starting next Tuesday. Clark Aposhian, chairman of the Utah Shooting Sports Council, argues in a lawsuit that the Department of Justice […]
Richard F. of Fort Lee, New Jersey writes in with a couple of questions: I had an FFL while on active duty with the USAF around 1987. I let the FFL lapse. Is there a way to renew it now? The answer is no, you can’t renew it. You’d need to re-apply, get a new […]
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ days look numbered. Once more, under its 2020 budget proposal, the Trump administration seeks to transfer the ‘alcohol’ and ‘tobacco’ duties from the BATF. The U.S. Treasury Department would take those duties if the administration gets its way. Today’s BATF would also get a new name: Bureau of […]
Last week and DC District Court judge OK’d President Trump’s bump stock ban which arbitrarily re-classifies bump fire stocks as machine guns. Now the Firearms Policy Coalition and their co-plaintiffs have filed for an expedited appeal with the DC Circuit Court of Appeals. Here’s their press release: WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 4, 2019) — Today, attorneys […]
The Eugene, OR police department found explosive devices planted outside their headquarters building Monday. That followed the release of police body cam video showing the death of a local Antifa member. Charlie Landeros drew a gun on officers attempting to arrest him at his daughter’s middle school and they shot him to death. With the […]
In 2013, the Kansas Second Amendment Protection Act became law in the Sunflower State. The law states that any firearm-related item that is made, sold and used within the state of Kansas isn’t subject to National Firearms Act regulation. As you might imagine, our friends at the ATF disagreed. And to demonstrate their supremacy, they […]
Recently, someone at the NSSF decided to ask the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives about genderqueer firearm purchasing. For example, let’s say an individual walks into a gun store with one of the non-binary drivers’ licenses that are issued in certain jurisdictions. Legally, on both the driver’s license and birth certificate, that individual’s sex […]
Attorney Stephen Stamboulieh has filed a lawsuit in conjunction with gun writer David Codrea and two others against President Trump’s unconstitutional bump stock ban. Stamboulieh is the man behind a number of prominent gun rights cases such as Hawaii’s open carry lawsuit, Young v. Hawaii. That makes four lawsuits in the works so far. Stamboulieh’s, two involving Adam Kraut and the Firearms […]
