This is bad, very bad. We must stop this in it's tracks. The definition of sporting purpose or sporting arm has never been defined in law and the ATF has abused the term greatly.
This is a BS attempt to get an end around on the sunset of the AW ban. All the ATF needs to do is deny any requests to build a gun with a flash suppressor or other "evil" feature.
I suggest the following courses of action...
1. write letters to the head of the BATFE in complaint.
2. write your congressmen and senators.
3. get a congressman or senator to introduce a bill to eliminate the sporting purpose clause from the 1968 GCA and get a bill introduced to bar the ATF from blindly dictating vague policies that have no basis in law.
We have to jump on this right now. Unless you guys really don't mind being told that you can't put a flash hider on your post 94 gun when the ban sunsets...
Mike
Actually, it is "paperwork reduction". They are asking for requiring just a letter from the people who wish to assemble a weapon rather than the currently existing paperwork.