"Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which they exist."
-Richard Nixon
The upcoming summer months of 2022 are most assuredly destined to be chaotic times. Civil servants of the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms look to completely redefine commonly owned firearms, flexing their Chevron deference. Chevron Doctrine is a ruling from the Supreme Court, which created a doctrine stipulating that courts must defer to the governmental agencies' definition of laws. Pay no attention to the ambiguity of legalese, leaving bureaucrats free reign to manipulate legislation as they see fit. Unrestrained, these bureaus have already begun an unconstitutional campaign. US Department of Justice has sanctioned the ATF to raid, confiscate and prosecute previously lawful items in relation to Forced Reset Triggers because of their "new definitions.”
"We must pass this bill so you can find out what is in it."
-Nancy Pelosi.
May 7th, 2021 Attorney General Merrick Garland signed ATF proposed rule 2021R-05 the Definition of "Frame or Receiver" and Identification of Firearms. June 7th, 2021 Garland signed ATF proposed rule 2021R-08 "Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached Stabilizing Braces." Both of which will alter longstanding definitions found in the National Firearms Act. Our current administration is playing a three-dimensional chess tournament against law abiding gun owners and the Second Amendment. To quote gun control advocates, "The Department of Justice needs to create a paper trail to show that any rule change was not abrupt or political, that it has a strong foundation in law, and that officials followed a reasoned and orderly process before making the change." Definition changes, followed up with public commentary and an obligatory examination period, altogether abiding the advocacies advice. The Firearms Definition determination has been scheduled for release in July 2022, Pistol Brace determinations in August 2022 as well.
The ATF will redefine a firearm, receiver, and frame, to address the "Ghost Gun" myth. What is only 2% problematic nationally, has become the gun controllers Moby Dick. The hype has progressed beyond Don Quixote proportions. "Who you gonna call?" at their best Aykroyd and Murray couldn't make this garbage up. Biden's Gambit, just exactly how the definition change is to be enforced, grandfathered, registered, "bought-back" or seized is yet to be determined. Remember the ATF has already raided a well-known company specializing in 80% frames. My thoughts are that imposed taxes, registration and regulation ultimately will transpire. For much longer than the history of our Republic, privately made firearms have been useful tools, implements for sustenance and defense.
In 2012, Army veteran Alex Bosco invented the pistol stabilizing brace and sent the design to ATF for approval. The ATF approved the pistol stabilizing brace for use on an AR15 pistol. Later, Alex Bosco formed SB Tactical and started manufacturing and selling pistol braces for many other pistol combinations. Immensely popular because of their not being an NFA item. In 2015, the ATF disavowed their approval claiming that shouldering a brace changes the intended use of the firearm and turns the pistol brace into a buttstock. After a two-year legal battle, the ATF conceded that however a braced pistol was used, the brace does not "redesign" a pistol into an NFA item. From 2012-2020, there were at least ten new additions to the pistol brace market. Many companies like SB-Tactical started manufacturing and evolving pistol braces to adjust to the users’ wants and needs. These products were developed following the legal guidelines set forth by the ATF. The subsequent increase in the sales of pistol braces also saw an escalation in the production of pistol caliber carbines that could accept a brace. It is my conclusion that the rule 2021R-08, Definition criteria pertaining to bracing pistols will also come to fruition with imposed taxes, registrations plus brand new regulations. The Bureau has already released their Factoring Criteria Worksheet 4999, thoroughly redefining commonly owned braces. Starting with Zero points, the stabilizing brace is scrutinized by subjective parameters, how it looks, is designed and possible intended usage, 4 points or more is a failure and subjective to the NFA. The derelict braced pistols again are "redefined" into short barreled rifles, or SBRs. To be in compliance with the new definitions, owners will be forced into registration and taxation. Even if they "allow" for a grandfather clause, a sale or transfer will have to comply or possibly be forbidden completely. Two alleged instances of criminal usage have provided enough fodder for the Administration and gun grabbers to forego a decade of prior determinations and rulings. The Bureau's claim that there are 3 million braces in use is clearly being downplayed with estimates of up to 40 million owned. With so many in circulation, effectively banning firearms with these devices attached would be the largest confiscatory firearm regulation in the history of the United States. шах и мат(checkmate).
"The task of the government is not only to pour honey into a cup, but sometimes to give bitter medicine."
-Vladimir Putin
Who you gunna call?