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.
Only because we're guilty of refusing to look at what Republicans do.
weren't there 2 big bans between reagan and ghwb? iirc 86 and 91.