OPEN LETTER TO FEDERALLY LICENSED FIREARMS IMPORTERS (ATF Screws Us Again)

BATFE ^ | July 13, 2005 | Lewis P Raden - Asst. Director ATF

[Joe Brower]

I have searched repeatedly through the U.S. Constitution, and I have yet to find the oft-used term "sporting" in there anywhere, in regards to the 2nd amendment, or any other portion if it's entire text.

Therefore, this is one more example of arbitrary abrogation of the supposed "supreme law of the land" by unelected bureaucrats who are killing our nation by slow regulatory strangulation.

If we continue to allow it, that is.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Yep, the president's good buddy and possible SC nominee.

[Blood of Tyrants]

For 16 years, it has been legal to import parts for semi-auto builds and SUDDENLY the ATF "discovers" a "new" interpretation allowing them to arbitrarily stop the importations. This is EXACTLY the sort of bullshit that we expect from a 'Rat presidency and not a Republican.

IMO, Gonzalez was told to approve this rule change to send a signal to the 'Rats about what a good little "moderate" that he was in order to slide him easily into O'Connor's seat.

[Dead Corpse]

We didn't do anything over Emminent Domain. We won't do anything about this either.

[jdege]

[Grut]

This is EXACTLY the sort of bullshit that we expect from a 'Rat presidency and not a Republican.

Only because we're guilty of refusing to look at what Republicans do.

[backhoe]

We didn't do anything over Emminent Domain. We won't do anything about this either.

Discouraging, isn't it?

[jdege]

What we need is to defang the "sporting use" provision.

Not repeal it - that'd be a much harder political fight.

Simply extend "sporting use" to include competitive shooting.

Make any firearm that was used in competitive shooting allowable for import.

Just a minor little change, clarifying that competitive shooting is a legitimate sport...

[longtermmemmory]

Is this because of Alberto Gonzalez?

or is this from some left wing government career flunkie who is burried at the ATF with no hope of promotion.

[Dead Corpse]

I give up. You'll hear about me on the news at some point. A "gun nut" with an arsenal. The usual suspects here will crow about "wackos", "hardliners", and "suicide by cop".

In reality, I'll just be another regular joe who refused to cooperate with a government dead set on disarming him.

[Dead Corpse]

Ron Paul wrote a bill to do EXACTLY that. It is still sitting in a committee somewhere to the best of my knowledge. It'll never see the light of day no matter how many letters we write or phonecalls we make.

THEY don't want US to be armed. Period. R's or D's. The first for political expediency, the latter due to socialist agenda.

[AngryJawa]

Here's a definition of "sporting use": One of my buddies filled his freezer with venison last season using his AK clone. How's that?

Not that it would actually matter to our betters in government or anything. Republican...Democrats...WTF's the difference anymore?

[Dead Corpse]

Anyone with that much trouble seeing a statue with naked boobies doesn't seem wound all that tight to me.

Janice Rogers Brown is still my first pick. Followed by Luttig. I'd rather see a plain civilian nominated before I ever got around to having a use for Ashcroft.

[kildak]

It's most likely Gonzales. The AG determines what the definition of "sporting purposes" is.

[Dead Corpse]

I'd still like to know how the AG ended up with more power than the President and Congress combined.

The Constitution says, "shall not be infringed". Not, "definitions of infringed may be ignored by government agencies under the guise of prohibitory regulations".

[AngryJawa]

or is this from some left wing government career flunkie who is burried at the ATF with no hope of promotion.

Probably so. Nevertheless, here we are with a Republican majority that allows such asshattery.

If there were even a stitch of creativity or conservatism in DC, these F-Troopers would be reassigned to Border Patrol. They could use a few busybodies.

[Eaker]

Joe,

I have searched repeatedly through the U.S. Constitution

It is right there next to the homo marriage right and abortion right.

Are you blind?

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