Gun Owners Of America: Stop Funding The ATF
BY Herschel Smith
6 years, 11 months ago
And they’ll leave our bump stocks alone.
Gun Owners of America (GOA) is decrying the latest push from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) for bump stock gun control, contending that part of the solution is to defund the ATF altogether.
The GOA’s statements come after the DOJ announced that the ATF is weighing whether to redefine the term “machinegun,” so as to include accessories that do not convert semiautomatic firearms into automatic ones. This would place firearm accessories like bump stocks on par with actually firearm conversion devices, therefore bringing an entire new category of firearm accessories under the auspices of the National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA). Placing such accessories under the purview of the NFA would require bump stock owners to pass a background check, be fingerprinted, photographed, and pay a $200 tax to the federal government.
GOA executive director Erich Pratt told Breitbart News, “Gun Owners of America will rally its members in opposition to any proposed restrictions on bump stocks by the ATF. GOA holds that any such limitations are unconstitutional and would open the door to additional regulations, even while doing nothing to stop evil people from committing heinous acts.”
Well, of course that’s true. The way to stop the unconstitutional infringement the mere existence the ATF poses is to entirely defund the ATF, forcing the bureaucracy to send all of its employees pink slips. It won’t happen because the Senate and Congress believes in this infringement just like the executive does.
By the way, you’re aware, aren’t you, that the ATF is preparing to fold in bump stocks to the NFA? The reddit link on this can be found here.
On December 30, 2017 at 8:26 am, DAN III said:
And of course the two spokesweasels for the National Rifle Association are supporting the communists on this issue. Cox and LaPierre are more concerned with hawking NRA Ripple and NRA emblazoned trinkets made in Red China, than defending against MORE fedgov/stategov infringements.
On December 30, 2017 at 3:47 pm, moe mensale said:
The reddit link is incorrect. The following link is the actual submission form.
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/12/26/2017-27898/application-of-the-definition-of-machinegun-to-bump-fire-stocks-and-other-similar-devices#open-comment
And be sure to include “Docket No. 2017R-22” in your response or they may not accept it.