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The pistol is designed to shoot a .22LR cartridge. (Photo: 00MEAT)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The ATF\u2019s new definition of \u201cfirearm\u201d is so vague and broad that even toy Nerf guns may count as firearms under the new rule. At least, that\u2019s what one 3D printer and Twitter user argued in a recent post that has made its way around the pro-gun Internet universe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

User 00MEAT posted a series of images last month that appear to show a Nerf gun retrofitted with 3D printed parts to (theoretically) fire a .22LR cartridge. The \u201cbarrel\u201d appears to be screwed into the plastic toy while one of the darts has been fitted with a point to act as a firing pin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere we go. Every nerf gun is now an 80% or greater receiver. If you have a kid with a nerf gun, please let the ATF know you don’t want your kid charged with purchasing a firearm while under 21,\u201d 00MEAT writes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMirror Mirror on the wall, who’s the biggest FFL of them all? That’s right, it’s Walmart. With aisles full of nerf guns that are \u2018readily convertible to a firing state.\u2019 What does that proposed new rule say that FFLs have to do with such devices again? Serialize and record them?\u201d 00MEAT continues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There we go. Every nerf gun is now an 80% or greater receiver. If you have a kid with a nerf gun, please let the ATF know you don’t want your kid charged with purchasing a firearm while under 21. pic.twitter.com\/giHRwDLDK0<\/a><\/p>\u2014 00MEAT (@00meat) May 23, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> \n\n\n\n

SEE ALSO: ATF Proposes Unclear New Rule Banning \u2018Ghost Guns,\u2019 Redefining \u2018Firearms\u2019<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A post on May 23 indicates that the creator hasn\u2019t actually test-fired his \u201cfirearm,\u201d but his post nonetheless demonstrates the absurdity of the ATF\u2019s new rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the rule, which has currently received over 12,000 comments, the agency would define \u201cfirearm\u201d as \u201ca weapon parts kit that is designed to or may readily be assembled, completed, converted, or restored to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By \u201creadily be assembled\u2026 etc.,\u201d the ATF means \u201ca process that is fairly or reasonably efficient, quick, and easy, but not necessarily the most efficient, speedy, or easy process.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s unclear how easily 00MEAT constructed his .22LR pistol, but this is precisely the point made by critics of the proposed rule: it\u2019s impossible for anyone to know at what point a hunk of metal or a children\u2019s toy crosses the invisible line between consumer product and heavily regulated firearm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEE ALSO: ATF Arrests Florida Man for Selling Metal Drawing of Full Auto \u2018Lightning Link\u2019<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI believe that the ATF\u2019s proposed changes will be entirely too vague and difficult for us to even begin to understand legality [sic],\u201d said one concerned citizen who posted a public comment<\/a> on the proposed rule. \u201cThe proposed definitions of a frame or components leading to the manufacture of a firearm are overreaching alongside the definition of \u2018readily\u2019 in order to confuse the American public. Legality is an entirely gray area under these distinctions with the only agreed upon outcome being a loss of constitutional rights.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another pointed out how the new rule could turn law-abiding Americans into felons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis rule change is capricious and arbitrary. It turns existing law on its head and would result in thousands of honest and law biding [sic] gun owners being potentially charged with serious felonies. It is so ill conceived that one can only imagine that the unstated objective of the rule change is exactly this,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Concerned citizens have until August 19 to submit comments. They can do so here<\/a>. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

***Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a>***<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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