Subguns.com has the press release from the South Carolina US Attorney regarding the Wrenn case: Evidence presented during the trial, which started on November 7, 2005, established that on June 20, 2002 Special Agent Baldwin of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives visited the defendant, Ernest Wrenn, owner of Poor Man’s Gun and […]

The Augusta Chronicle reports: A North Augusta man pleaded guilty this week in federal court to committing mail fraud involving the transfer of illegal machine guns and lying to federal agents. Ernest Wrenn, 56, pleaded guilty Wednesday in the U.S. District Court of South Carolina to one count of mail fraud and one count of […]

At Subguns.com, we learn that the judge has issued a witness sequestration order. This prevents witness from discussing the case. As such, there have been no new updates from the folks attending the trial.

RegularReader at Subguns notes the latest in the trial of Ernie Wrenn: The government has now conceded that it IS legal to build a post sample. My guess is that when you choose which of many lies to try to make stick, that one presented the most problems. Now for the shocker: the ATF compliance […]

TNKen reports on the latest in the not really a machine gun trial of Ernie Wrenn: As you may know, Ernie and his attorney were allowed to inspect and take the semi auto Maxims that were alleged to be machine guns to the range in an attempt to duplicate ATF’s allegation that they would fire […]

In an update to this, Len Savage says: I brought this up to the U.S. Attorney, and the ATF agent pushing this case. ATF agent Lee Baldwin told me this, an I assume he must have also told the Grand Jury that indicted Mr. Wrenn: “A FFL 07/SOT can NOT manufacture a machinegun unless he […]

The long and short is that Wrenn’s Maxims are semi-automatic (i.e., not machine guns). The ATF is trying to convince a judge and prosecution team that the upper receivers (which per past ATF rulings aren’t even firearms) are machine guns. Wrenn’s trial begins Monday. Eric Larson has a lot of detail on the case over […]

DC will not appeal the Wrenn case to the supreme court. DC has released a statement basically saying they were stupid to challenge gun cases in the past. This is good news for DC. And likely bad news for Hawaii, Massachusetts, New York, and more.

The Second Amendment Foundation: The U.S. District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has turned down a request from the city for an en banc hearing on the concealed carry case of Wrenn v. District of Columbia, amounting to a strategic win for the Second Amendment Foundation. According to the court, not […]

We’ll see how the Wrenn case works out. But we’ve had good luck in DC so far.

This time, suing DC for their unconstitutional “good reason” requirement for exercising a constitutional right: The Second Amendment Foundation today filed a federal lawsuit challenging the District of Columbia’s highly restrictive concealed carry permit requirement that applicants provide a “good reason” before such a permit is issued, which violates the Second Amendment right to keep […]

Len Savage of Historic Arms is no stranger to really annoying the ATF and suffering for it. Via Ryan, comes a bit by Savage entitled Am I an enemy of the US Government? A must read for looking at ATF’s tactics. There’s also an interview with him.

Len Savage, of Historic Arms LLC, made a belt-fed upper receiver in 7.62X39 for use on an M-11 called the BM 3000. Initially, the ATF ruled that said item was not a firearm and not a machine gun. The ATF changed its mind and decided that the upper receiver was actually a machine gun because, […]

Eric Larson over at subguns.com thinks so: For the past several weeks, ATF has apparently instructed its Inspectors not to review any NFA records during compliance audits—they are to examine Title I records only. I’ve heard enough from sources I deem reliable to post this. What’s going on? A number of things. First, I am […]

David Hardy reports that the OIG will audit NFRTR. Good. I don’t have high hopes of getting that mess straightened out but maybe the ATF will come under scrutiny as a result. Given that their own agents testify under oath that the NFRTR is “corrupt” and inaccurate, some scrutiny would be good.

The Geek found a strategy paper on the tactics of international arms control. The paper is here. Give it a read. The Geek asks: . . . the pro gun NGOs seem to be MIA, which causes me to wonder what exactly the counter strategy (if any) is. The NRA certainly likes to ring the […]

I’ve not seen the Wrenn case addressed by the NRA. Is it because it involves NFA weapons? For that matter, I’ve not seen it covered by GOA either.

The ATF, apparently, makes the rules up as it goes along. A firearm R&D firm (who is properly licensed and is a special occupational taxpayer) has been charged with possession of a machine gun. The only problem is that, even though the ATF says so, IT IS NOT A MACHINE GUN: Mr. Wrenn (a licensed […]