ATF says certain suppressor parts are controlled items...

[QuietShootr]

This is fricking outrageous and I hope that all manufacturers that could be affected by this put any differences aside and band together for the common good.

Standing by for AAC to throw everyone else under the bus somehow.

[SHIVAN]

And if you remove one suppressor part in order to replace it with another suppressor part, you have an extra suppressor part, which by statute (not ATF's determination) gives you another suppressor.

Which is where they could have been reasonable in their opinions clarifying the statute after the fact. The statute is missing specificity, and therefore needed to have administrative clarification.

The ATF could have easily said, "We feel the statute is applying to sole possession of X part, in the absence of a lawful suppressor for which the part belongs, and having found other unlawful parts that would lead a reasonable person to believe that John Q. was intent on unlawfully constructing illegal suppressors."

However, what they said was otherwise lawful possession of a non-serialized replacement part (can't stress it enough) all by itself, even if you have lawful reasons to own it, and have not demonstrated any sort of intention, is possession of a separate suppressor or MG.

It was the most restrictive way they could have, uh, "aided" in the interpretation of a statute that lacked specificity in regards to "illegal fabrication" or "illegal assembly" versus "lawful replacement" and "lawful interchangeability".

[khc3]

I'm with you on that, but then you'd have an enforcement agency VOLUNTARILY abdicating authority over an activity.

Telling Congress all the stuff they DON'T have to worry about isn't a good way to get a bigger budget.

[SHIVAN]

I'm with you on that, but then you'd have an enforcement agency VOLUNTARILY abdicating authority over an activity.

Telling Congress all the stuff they DON'T have to worry about isn't a good way to get a bigger budget.

Yeah, exactly. It is the exact issue that faces the Department of Education, GAO, DCAA, etc. They are really beholden to no one in the latitude for their opinions, yet must ratify their existence with some sort of hard numbers to show to Congress for funding.

[khc3]

Yeah, exactly. It is the exact issue that faces the Department of Education, GAO, DCAA, etc. They are really beholden to no one in the latitude for their opinions, yet must ratify their existence with some sort of hard numbers to show to Congress for funding.

Government grows, that's what it does.

[6933]

Thanks everyone. This thread has reinforced why I am so disgusted and unhappy with our government. Where is Ross Perot when you need him? He may have been boring but he did have common sense. Common sense isn't so common, especially in politicians and most bureaucrats.