In a departure from its usual opposition to restrictions on firearms and firearm accessories, the National Rifle Association is officially asking the ATF to review bump fire stocks similar to those used by Stephen Craig Paddock to kill 58 people and wound almost 500 others in Las Vegas Sunday night. The ATF’s review won’t likely change anything. ” In Las Vegas, ...
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ATF: Putting a Stock on an AR-15 Lower Does Not Make it a Rifle
Many hobby builders ask the question “when is my AR-15 lower receiver a rifle?” The answer is not what many internet forums and even some gun shop staff profess. According to letters from the ATF Firearms Technology Branch, the division responsible for answering technical questions on ATF regulations and firearms law, a lower receiver only becomes a rifle once a ...
Read More »ATF Confiscates “Dangerous” Toy Guns
This is a story from 2010, but with all the gun banning talk, it is sure to start again.
Read More »Congress Sends Letter to ATF and OMB to Stop Unconstitutional Gun Regulation
A collection of lawmakers signed a letter to the directors of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Office of Management and Budget. The letter expresses concerns over the Obama Administration’s desire to collect even more data on law-abiding gun owners. We write to you to express our objections to potential approval by the Office of Management ...
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