ATF

When the ATF Director Publicly Acknowledges That Gun Control Laws Don’t Really Apply to Criminals

At the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, machine gun conversion devices have become one of the top enforcement priorities. An ATF report on guns used in crimes found that the number of…



Making Merry: Over 680,000 Firearm Background Checks Performed During Black Friday Week

From the NSSF . . . NSSF, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, revealed that the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) completed 680,671 background checks related to firearms for the week leading up…



Fifth Circuit Panel Unanimously Strikes Down ATF’s ‘Frame and Receiver Rule Redefining What

Is anyone tired of winning in the courts yet? No, of course not. That’s why yesterday’s news of yet another Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals victory was just as sweet as the others. The latest…


Bill Introduced in Congress to Divert Suppressor Tax Stamp Dollars to Reduce Form 1, Form 4 Processing Times

  Silencer Central has rounded up support for a new bill that was introduced in Congress yesterday that would divert tax stamp revenue from the sale of suppressors to the Pittman Robertson conservation fund, to…


ATF Lets Chicago’s Machine-Gun Toting Thugs Slide, Concentrates Instead on Banning Legal AR-15 Rifles

By Lee Williams More than 500 people have been shot and killed in Chicago this year. More than 2,220 have been shot and wounded. On any weekend, Chicago streets reverberate with the sound of fully…




ATF Director Publicly Calls for Universal Background Checks and an ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Director Steven Dettelbach pledged to Congress during his nomination hearing that he’d “use the tools Congress gives me,” and committed to “being a fair regulator” of the firearm industry…