The point is that there are many contradictory rulings made by the BATF over the decades. They had over 300 cubic feet of uncategorized, unscanned, not in a database rulings in the late 1990’s. The amount is sure to have grown over the years.
They took the “easy” route by just making up rulings as they went along, with virtually no concern for what they had done before, in previous rulings.
Now there are several lawsuits, based on rulings that they have done with regards to trusts and the 1986 law that they interpreted in a number of ways.
They are terrified of the likely discovery, which has a good chance of all those previous rulings being scanned and categorized into a searchable database.
When that happens, it is almost certain for the current regulatory scheme to fall apart. It never really made any sense, and now, after Heller, it is required by the Constitution to make some sense.
That is why this is coming to a head and is important.
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