Originally Posted by
scottryan
Here is my list:
Just because something is legal at the time, doesn’t mean it is a smart, moral, ethical, or professional thing to do.
Examples:
1. A certain individual was “remaking” transferable MAC-10s into M1919s, M240s, and M60s using the MACs serial number welded to the receiver of the new gun. He was caught. This case is now pending in court.
The result: NFA forms have to match exactly the configuration of your gun or else the transfer will be rejected with a correction letter. This is to prevent the gun from morphing into something it isn’t. Another result is the belt fed conversion for MACs was also banned. This is also why you can’t use a FNC sear in a SCAR. This also removed a bunch of transferables off the market as they were deemed contraband.
2. Somebody made a pistol in 7.62x39
The result: Steel core ammo in this chambering is now banned from import
3. Some “industry professionals” were remaking each other silencers in a personal feud.
The result: Silencers can no longer be remanufactured without paying a new transfer tax.
4. Olympic arms was remaking PAWS converted Olympic M16 lowers. Olympic was not the manufacture of the MG.
The result: You can no longer have a transferable gun remade, even by the OEM. Those modern Colts floating around on the market with a pre 1986 serial number cannot exist anymore.
5. Idiots running around with post 2005 imported Benelli and Saiga shotguns that are not compliant with the import ban.
The result: We now have an ATF 2011 shotgun study that seeks to ban these guns completely. The shotgun study wants to ban weapon lights on imported shotguns.
6. Idiots made an AK pistol in 5.45.
The result: 7n6 ammo is banned from import.
7. NFATCA engages the ATF about CLEO signature.
The result: Now we are about to have CLEO signature on every NFA transfer type.
8. Idiot wrote letter in 2004 about greater than 5 round magazines on Benelli shotguns.
The Result: Benelli shotgun extensions are no longer on the market. Seen a factory 4 round one for sale on gunbroker recently? How much did it sell for?
In every one of these cases, people stirred the shit pot doing unethical, stupid, or unprofessional activity and gave the ATF an excuse to ban something. I have provided 8 high profile examples of this from the past 20 years.
We are not on the same level of pedestal as the ATF. They hold all the power. Some of our people think they are engaged in a “gentleman’s discourse” with the ATF. We are not.
They don’t care. They don’t have to answer to us. It is their job to “find” things or activity to ban. That is how they justify their jobs and authority.
Some people just cannot grasp this. Some people defend idiot gun owners and manufactures to the death, even if it means putting our rights in jeopardy. Even if it means losing our rights to prove some theoretical political point.
Some people just don’t have the smarts lay low or not attract unwanted attention.
People that stir the shit with the ATF are not a friend to our gun rights. They are not any different than neo-nazis at a gun show with the news TV station camera on them. They are not helping our cause. They are not any different than some idiot who leaves a gun in his car unattended; then that gun is stolen and used in a murder. Sons of Guns is not on our side. They are the fat of the gun world; and they need to be trimmed.