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and that imo is a good thing. A recent example is the ATF's expansion of the NFA by redefining a dealer from "Someone who makes selling firearms their primary

by edm0nd 2y ago

and that imo is a good thing. A recent example is the ATF's expansion of the NFA by redefining a dealer from "Someone who makes selling firearms their primary income" to "Makes a profit on a sale" They effectively made everyone who ever sells a gun privately a felon. And the ATF is headed by a guy who has zero firearm experience and couldn't even separate the slide off a glock. Its a perfect example of a bad faith action and we only barely blocked its enforcement. Agencies with chevron were able to railroad whatever politicians wanted with zero accountability.

specialist 2y ago
Since the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act necessitated this rule change, shouldn't you be mad at Congress? Further (emphasis mine): "Despite that concern, there have been at least a few overreactions to this rule online, with some commentators making dire proclamations about the criminalization of all private gun sales coming from this rule. That is not exactly what this rule does. Many of these changes apply to administrative and civil actions by ATF, rather than criminal actions. Being sued by the ATF and facing civil or administrative fines would not be pleasant, but it would be less terrible than being in federal prison." New ATF "Engaged In The Business" Rule (Kinda) Blocked By Judge https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2024/05/22/new-atf-engaged-in-the-business-rule-kinda-blocked-by-judge/ https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2024/05/22/new-atf-engag... I don't have a dog in this fight, so I had no idea what you're upset about. This article was the third hit in my noob search. Apparently you oppose informing the state (CLEO) about private transactions. Okay. There are ~430m guns owned privately in the USA. With ~15.5m/year sold (new and used). The updated rule covers, what, ~30,000/year transactions, less than 0.2%. That's what this whole fight is about? Really? A decades long slap fight over 0.2% of sales? I'm struggling to think of a hill that I'd personally die on (rhetorically) where the stakes were less than a round-off error.

by edm0nd 2y ago

specialist 2y ago

Since the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act necessitated this rule change, shouldn't you be mad at Congress? Further (emphasis mine): "Despite that concern, there have been at least a few overreactions to this rule online, with some commentators making dire proclamations about the criminalization of all private gun sales coming from this rule. That is not exactly what this rule does. Many of these changes apply to administrative and civil actions by ATF, rather than criminal actions. Being sued by the ATF and facing civil or administrative fines would not be pleasant, but it would be less terrible than being in federal prison." New ATF "Engaged In The Business" Rule (Kinda) Blocked By Judge https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2024/05/22/new-atf-engaged-in-the-business-rule-kinda-blocked-by-judge/ https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2024/05/22/new-atf-engag... I don't have a dog in this fight, so I had no idea what you're upset about. This article was the third hit in my noob search. Apparently you oppose informing the state (CLEO) about private transactions. Okay. There are ~430m guns owned privately in the USA. With ~15.5m/year sold (new and used). The updated rule covers, what, ~30,000/year transactions, less than 0.2%. That's what this whole fight is about? Really? A decades long slap fight over 0.2% of sales? I'm struggling to think of a hill that I'd personally die on (rhetorically) where the stakes were less than a round-off error.