One of the cornerstones of Joe Biden’s assault on 2A rights is to unleash a massive confiscation and registration mandate on all modern sporting rifles.
While on the campaign trail in 2019, Biden made no bones about his intent to disarm America.
“Biden will also institute a program to buy back weapons of war currently on our streets,” reads the Biden-Harris Plan to End Our Gun Violence Epidemic.
“This will give individuals who now possess assault weapons or high-capacity magazines two options: sell the weapons to the government, or register them under the National Firearms Act,” it continues.
Most would assume the Biden administration would need Congress to step in to pull off such a scheme.
However, the bump stock saga provides a unique blueprint for POTUS 46 to bypass the legislative branch altogether and execute the sell- or register- mandate.
The theory goes that if the ATF can bastardize the definition of “machinegun” to include non-mechanical plastic stocks, the agency can pull a similar stunt to give black rifles the NFA treatment.
To understand the perverse logic on how the agency could reach such a conclusion, consider this comment from Biden’s former ATF nominee David Chipman (H/T TMGN):
“The danger posed by firearms that enable shooters to continue firing in this manner is the same reason Congress chose to include machine guns in the NFA when it was originally enacted: these weapons enable a shooter to fire many bullets very quickly. Semiautomatic firearms equipped with large-capacity magazines do not, however, fall under the NFA. The NFA refers to machine guns as those firearms that discharge more than one shot ‘without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger.’ Firearms developed since the NFA and equipped with large capacity magazines rarely require manual reloading, but they can expel a lot of ammunition in a brief period of time. They do so by allowing a trigger to be pulled many times very easily and ensuring that there is almost always another bullet ready to go. Despite this, large-capacity magazines and semiautomatic firearms equipped with them (sometimes called “assault weapons”) are not regulated under the NFA, even though they pose incredible danger to our communities.”
Traditional definitions apparently don’t matter to Mr. Chipman.
In Chipman’s mind, modern semiautomatic rifles with standard magazines are tantamount to machine guns because they “almost always have another bullet ready to go” and the trigger can be pulled “many times very easily” and they “pose incredible danger to our communities.”
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Biden and Chipman, and anyone else who wants to enact laws via bureaucratic decree, must’ve been encouraged last week when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued a split decision, 8-8, that affirmed by default a district court decision upholding the bump stock ban.
Gun Owners of America (GOA), the pro-gun group at the helm of the suit, now say they have to appeal it the Supreme Court if they want justice to prevail.
“GOA’s fight is far from over as our lawyers begin preparing a petition for certiorari to the High Court,” Erich Pratt, Senior Vice President of Gun Owners of America, said in a press release.
“The fact that the Sixth Circuit was so divided that it could not even give us an answer to our question means that the Supreme Court must eventually decide whether unelected ATF bureaucrats have the power to create new federal crimes out of thin air.”
Hopefully the high court strikes down the bump stock ban for good. However, if the Supreme Court punts on this issue and opts not to hear the case, it may pave the way for the Biden administration to put modern sporting rifles on the chopping block.
The bureaucrats and parasites will enact it. The people will ignore it. And no one will enforce it.
Just look at New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.
Cerekote! I’m betting they never saw Jerry Micklich get the rate of 650 rounds per minute out of a revolver. Have they explained how these laws would get guns from criminals?
US Military Courts have already determined that bump stock are not machineguns.
Just resist and fight. It will take blood.
Chipman’s nomination was withdrawn 3 months ago. I also find the arguments for bumpstocks to be a little forced. While I don’t believe any gun restrictions will result in reduction of criminal firearm usage. If one recognizes the need to register automatic firearms aka machine guns, than it doesn’t require any twisted logic to see a bumpstock is pretty much the functional equivalent, the only difference being the automatic fire is the result of the weapon movement, rather than the sear not locking, while the trigger is held stationary.
We as a nation are just forming a massive Wild West scenario…watch yer back suck as..every second of every hour of every day…we reap what we sow..
Come and take it! I will not comply. Brandon and ATF can kiss my white American ass.
The English tried to confiscate guns and ammo at the beginning of the Revolutionary war. It didn’t go so well. Those who don’t learn from the lessons of history are destined to repeat them.
Congress and those who think they can take freedoms away from Americans should study their history books!
I’m not registering anything. These leftist bastards can kiss my ass. Want them? Come fight me for them.
As I whistle past the graveyard – assuming that this call to emergency will not occur – I’m given yet another reason to rue the days that; some moron developed this idiotic device and morons lined up to buy them and then commenced to record themselves using them in the manner designed; as a dodge to own a clandestine-machinegun.
I have ZERO sympathy for anyone caught up due to these but now, because of them, my ownership of firearms outside of their parameters is in jeopardy.
Todd.
Man up, Todd. “…shall not be infringed.” don’t be a pussy!
I don’t give a Schiff for a bump stock, never found anything attractive about them… but if YOU want to run one… go for IT !!! I do JUST FINE without it…
Trump should never have said SCHIFF about them, and should NEVER appease DIMOCRAPS with that lame ban attempt…
DIMOCRAPS are not, and never WILL be your friend.
The govt has had more than enough time to abolish nfa/ class 3 items, and they didn’t do it so alternatives had to be devised.
The govt simply doesn’t want a well armed populace, because a well armed people make poor slaves. And not only do they need slaves to function, the alternative is for them to do the hard work of representing the people and not themselves.
And who wants to work to make others wealthy? Certainly not our Govt.
Get over yourself. You don’t deserve to own firearms.
I’m not playing their games. This crazy administration is pushing normally peaceful people into corners they shouldn’t go in. It’s stupid and dangerous.
Huh, I was warning folks when the TRUMPSTOCK BAN was put in place that exactly this would happen.
That warning fell upon deaf ears, as “Orange Man Do No Wrong” Syndrome swept the 2A community.
Live n learn
You are 100% correct Rusty. The bump stock ban was an executive order from President Donald J. Trump. It was never voted on by Congress but Trump took it upon himself to issue an executive order banning bump stocks. He betrayed gun owners and nobody said a word.
The govt has had more than enough time to abolish nfa/ class 3 items, and they didn’t do it so alternatives had to be devised.
The govt simply doesn’t want a well armed populace, because a well armed people make poor slaves. And not only do they need slaves to function, the alternative is for them to do the hard work of representing the people and not themselves.
And who wants to work to make others wealthy? Certainly not our Govt.
Right on the money, Rusty. There were a number of us calling out the dangers of the precedent Trump was setting. It was obvious that the next Democrat President would take that and run with it. We have more than three years of Democrat White House ahead of us, at least. The 2A community was full of FUDDs who openly derided bump stocks and insisted their ARs and AKs were safe from this dynamic.
And to Armed and Dangerous, you add the correct word here, this was a betrayal, as well as the model for the Executive Branch to violate the separation of powers with impunity.
OK, send your green backs to Larry Pratt, whether you believe the bump stock ban will stand up to the legal challeges or not, but do tell who you all voted for before Biden’s handlers stoled the Presidential election.
The worthless bump stocks are NOT a legitimate answer, repealing the bogus NFA is the true solution. How do people like you remain unsullied in the current political environment?
Open question to all especially you Rollins, does your championing the worthless bumpstocks mean you support the NFA? Why or why NOT?
This is the part where all the guns get lost LOL
What guns??????????????????
Citizens of the USA own 40% of the worlds firearms..all that guarantees is the country’s next civil war will be the deadliest in human history..live by the sword..be prepared to die by the sword ..
This is getting really old.. a brain dead president and a communist looking to burn the bill of rights in order to gain total control of the American people..
One of the worst aspects of this are the people that just brush it off saying “it’ll never happen” knowing full well that it is possible.
If this doesn’t wake people up then we really are doomed..
Got news for ya. It ain’t the “brain dead president and a communist” you need to worry about. The former is merely a meat puppet, and the latter is a token minority who is not smart enough to be a meat puppet.
Darker forces are at work.
Per Chipman , ( IDIOT) > they “almost always have another bullet ready to go” and the trigger can be pulled “many times very easily” …. Well , DUH , like ANY modern firearm that isn’t a lever action , bolt action or a pump action ! .. The above statement applies to revolvers , Semi auto pistols & rifles , hell single action revolvers always have another “Bullet ready to go ” . What a Maroon ….. this fool was in the ATF ?
Not only is he a moron but he’s also a communist scumbag! Why don’t you move to China scumbag Chipman, you’ll feel right at home over there with the rest of the commie bastards trying to destroy America.
You gotta ask yourself this…did or would the founding fathers have been ok with “ modern firearms “ and their capabilities ?…all you Mfs ask yourself that…whether or not they would have been ok with our society really being armed like we are ..knowing how strong our military is..and what it means to have so many pieces of death within our society..mainly aimed at each other…yea think away ! Haha
Looks like Brandon is gonna let’s go all your ARs and AKs and high cap mags. 😀
Remember when they were going to redefine a bunch of stuff under ITAR? They should actually do that this time.
If this tyranny does go through you will have millions of Americans that won’t comply. We will keep our semi auto long guns and full capacity magazines (and there are probably over 35 million full capacity 20 to 32 round magazines in private hands).
I guess you would be happy Blue Dog to see officers breaking down people’s doors and ransacking peaceful American’s homes because you appear to be a communist. It is disgusting that you hate peaceful Americans and would rather our Federal corrupt government that does not care about its own people have complete power over the American people.
Tens of millions of Americans own semi auto rifles. Including yourself by your own omission. How would restricting your right to own such a weapon solve anything? Seriously, do you think it is reasonable? Should all handguns be illegal? Should there be a 2nd Amendment at all?
Personally I cherish the fact that we live in a country where owning a AR-15 is common. Free men should not fear dangerous weapons unless they are being wielded by tyrants.
How long till you get your ox gored?
I would love for him to try and then watch in horror as of the all red states officially secede from the union (Texas is already contemplating this). With the military in open disdain and defiance of the pedophile-in-chief, he couldn’t do anything to stop it.