Seems ATF finds Red’s Trading Post taking pics as a credible threat. That got some press coverage. And a mention at Instapundit. The ATF’s push is nonsensical but it continues a trend of bad things for the agency in the last few years, like: A circuit court smacks them down for their ruling on model […]

The ATF has a history of disregarding the law when it suits them. And here are a couple of cases to illustrate that. The first is the ATF’s position that a pistol with a forward grip is an Any Other Weapon. As a result of their contention is that such a configuration requires said weapon […]

Challenge The Mantm and get demoted: Two senior officials at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives who opposed many questionable management and spending decisions by the agency’s former director are being moved to lower-ranking positions effective Thursday, officials said. Deputy Director Edgar A. Domenech, who also served as acting director last year, is […]

God bless Texas: According to the figures published in Vol. 10, No. 5, of Small Arms Review, Texas has 53,018 items on the NFRTR, with the next closest state being Georgia with 41,773. Texas barely edged out Virginia for MGs with 21,980 vs. 21,951. As for AOWs, only California, with 3,493, beat out Texas’s 3,413. […]

LaPierre says it was a good year for gun rights. Indeed it was one of the better we’ve seen with castle doctrine, more states allowing concealed carry, the ban on gun confiscations during emergencies, and some significant state level victories. But what next? I have some ideas. First, with the change in power going to […]

The past year or so has been bad for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. The story so far: A circuit court smacks them down for their ruling on model rockets; An agent testified under oath that the NFRTR (the NFA weapons database) was corrupt; Having budget issues due to mismanagement; Being investigated for […]

Been a bad year for the ATF. So far: A circuit court smacks them down for their ruling on model rockets; An agent testified under oath that the NFRTR (the NFA weapons database) was corrupt; Having budget issues due to mismanagement; Being investigated for breaking he law at Virginia gun shows. And they’ve had funds […]

While this website is the currently running with the ball on the ATF action against a local man. I thought I would expose you to the softer and more gentle side of the ATF. Last year the ATF sponsored a children’s art contest and they have announced the winners in each catagory. While many are […]

Been a bad year for the ATF. So far: A circuit court smacks them down for their ruling on model rockets; An agent testified under oath that the NFRTR (the NFA weapons database) was corrupt; Having budget issues due to mismanagement; Being investigated for breaking he law at Virginia gun shows. Now, it looks like […]

Can you spot the machine gun in this picture: Look close. It’s the shoe string. Notice the metal tab? It contains a serial number. That is a post 1986 dealer machine gun registered in the NFA’s NFRTR database as a machine gun. It was subject to significant paperwork and made by a special occupational taxpayer. […]

In what is turning out to be stellar last few months for the ATF in terms of getting slapped around, comes the latest. Now, a circuit court has ruled that the ATF is full of crap with respect to its desire to regulate the engines used in hobby rocketry: The problem in this case is […]

Not a good year for the ATF. An agent testified in court that the NFRTR (registry of NFA weapons) was deficient; they are currently experiencing significant budget troubles, attributable to bad management; now, they’re about to be investigated for breaking the law at Richmond, VA gun shows: On February 15, at 4:00 p.m., the U.S. […]

David Hardy has some more on the ATF NFRTR records nonsense.

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.

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 […]

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 […]