ATF attempting to reclassify small arms ammunition without public input

Gun Rights Examiner ^ | November 26, 2010 | David Codrea

[Neil E. Wright]

Things that make you go: hmmmmmmmmmm!

America! It's about

★ FREEDOM! ★

★ Estimated Value – PRICELESS! ★

[screaminsunshine]

Shot Shells?

[Zarro]

Maybe we shouldn’t tell them that a 12 gauge is bigger than .50 cal....shhhhh!

[E. Pluribus Unum]

[gwilhelm56]

YO ATF ... maybe we should reclassify ammo in the following categories ...

SMALL enough to Blow your JUNK OFF
Small enough to kill a RAT
Big enough to make an ATF agent SAy ...yes, SIR!!

[gwilhelm56]

**Maybe we shouldn’t tell them ...**

that’s probably why they picked 50

Wouldn’t surprise me one bit.

[piytar]

They’re getting desperate and jumping the shark at every turn, aren’t they?

[gwilhelm56]

my question still..
Why a Bureau of Alcohol tobacco and firearms

WHEN ALL 3 are LEGAL???

[hometoroost]

It’s long past time for Congress to take apart some of these unelected regulatory bodies and give us back our freedom.

[dljordan]

“It’s long past time for Congress to take apart some of these unelected regulatory bodies and give us back our freedom.”

We’ll see just what the new congress does. Most politicians, after they’re in Washington a few months, seem to forget about the rights of the people.

[SuperLuminal]

Most of these so-called “gun rights” organizations are simply the latest incarnations of Felix Dzherzinski’s genious.

[EGPWS]

.50 caliber would now be classified as an explosive.

Do they explode?

[Domandred]

I wondered why my trigger finger was overly itchy this morning when I woke up.

[EGPWS]

Why a Bureau of Alcohol tobacco and firearms

WHEN ALL 3 are LEGAL???

To create another bureaucratic regulatory agency to create more thumb pressure on us creators of wealth so we have to feed the takers of wealth more whether we want to or not.

We need caretakers to save us from ourselves.

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

Small arms ammo is a propellent...not an explosive

[Gandalf_The_Gray]

my question still..
Why a Bureau of Alcohol tobacco and firearms

WHEN ALL 3 are LEGAL???

And all three carry ridiculously high federal excise taxes. BATFE is the enforcement arm charged with collecting the taxes. Our good 'ol red neck friends refer to them as "revenours". Short barreled rifles, sawed off shotguns, machine guns, suppressors, 20mm rifles all are legally owned by private citizens provided you buy the necessary tax stamps.

Regards,
GtG

PS Bet you didn't think there was an answer to your question. Not a good answer but it'll have to do. I always thought BATFE sounded like one hell of a party if you'd throw in a couple bags of chips...

[FourPeas]

bflr

[FlyVet]

You are unfortunately correct. As the slimy Trent Lott said, "They need to be co-opted", and the Beltway is perfectly designed to corrupt and co-opt them.

"If ya do what we want, you'll have this lil' privilege, and you know there's these hot lil' chicks over here who want you." Etc, etc, .....get something on them....got something on you, so you better shut up.

1994 all over again? I hope not. But, probably. We got a Republican President and Congress, and what did we get? A 50% increase in the size of gubmint. Should I be more optimistic this time around? Maybe I should be, but I'm not.

[Las Vegas Ron]

unelected regulatory bodies and give us back our freedom.

Freedom is never given, it has to be taken.

[driftdiver]

Lots and lots of things will explode.

What about muzzleloaders? Some of those are .54 which is above 50 caliber. Why is something above 50 an explosive and those below not when an explosion is a chemical reaction, not a function of size.