Posted on 08/08/2016 5:03:39 PM PDT by MtnClimber
My gunsmith has a lathe, a drill press, even a barrel reamer. He uses them to repair guns. To him, they are like a car mechanics welding equipment, drill and cutter tools. He never thought drilling out a broken-off screw or grinding down a gun part to make a rifles action work smoother would define him as a manufacturer. But now, according to the federal government, he is a manufacturer and is required to pay a $2,250 annual fee as mandated by the U.S. State Departments Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) regulations. This is what the Obama administration is now saying in a rule change.
Manta lists 15,615 gunsmiths in American today. Many of these are small shopsmany of them are even side businesses for people who began tinkering with guns and then went to a gunsmith school. Requiring these people to pay $2,250 every year will drive many of them out of business or underground. Perhaps that is the reason for the rule change from the Obama administration. If there is another reason, they arent making it public.
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This is part of the “solution” to personally owned arms.
Make any “gunsmith” illegal without being registered.
The Japanese did this in 1607. It was one of the main ways they made Japan a “gun free” zone.
the goal is oppression through litigation.
Make “rules” (not laws) that are oppressive to litigate. This makes lawyers meaningless and judges merely executioners.
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