Look for the Justice Department to issue new, tougher definitions of what constitutes "80%" completion of a receiver, and not allowing an 80% receiver to be bundled with all of the necessary parts to complete the firearm as one "kit."
* The Justice Department, within 60 days, will issue a proposed rule to make clear when a device marketed as a stabilizing brace effectively turns a pistol into a short-barreled rifle subject to the requirements of the National Firearms Act.
Look for the Justice Department to codify with hard numbers the ATF's attempt last year to arbitrarily define what constitutes a pistol brace vs. a short barreled rifle. i.e.: The brace must not have a length of pull beyond xx inches, pistol with brace must not weigh more than xx lbs, etc.
* The Justice Department, within 60 days, will publish model “red flag” legislation for states.
States that wanted Red Flag laws have already passed them. States that haven't, didn't. Issuing new model legislation will do nothing to change this.
* The President will nominate David Chipman to serve as Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms.
David Chipman is a former ATF agent who currently works at the Giffords anti-gun organization.
And on the 61st day, I expect a slew of legal challenges to this “order”
Problem with attacking “ghost guns” is precisely why they’re “ghosts”: nothing to regulate. The “80%” is the legal line between what is/isn’t a gun.
And all they’ll do by pushing that line is persuade the rapidly moving industry to dinner produce a generic milling machine or sintering printer capable, by mere software (legally protected “speech” operating on a legally protected “press”), of turning a solid “0%” block of steel into a finished receiver (legally the “gun”) and likely all other parts besides the barrel (legally not a “gun”).
They need learn from prior gun control attempts, which just created new categories of high-demand guns. 10 round magazine limit? behold subcompacts and big bore pistols. Cosmetic bans? high demand for non-threaded barrels. Pistol weight limits? ultralight rifle-caliber pistols. Short barrel rifle bans? pistol braces.