Posted on 09/04/2016 6:02:55 AM PDT by marktwain
In June of 2016, the ATF announced that nitrocellulose, including nitrocellulose wetted with water or alcohol, would be considered a high explosive. This change in regulation was simply announced in the June ATF EXPLOSIVES Industry Newsletter, without a comment period or any previous consideration.
This change had a potentially devastating effect on ammunition manufacturers and manufacturers of smokeless gunpowder. If the ruling was upheld, it would have required enormous changes in gunpowder manufacture, making ammunition significantly more expensive, and likely halting the manufacture of smokeless gunpowder for a considerable period while changes to existing procedures were worked out, tested, and applied to the manufacturing process.
Astute people in the industry noticed and started to sound the alarm. It is not surprising that people are on the edge of alarm during the final months of the Obama administration, as the administration has shown an alarming tendency to ignore both Congress and the courts. The ATF sought to put the issue to rest yesterday, 31 August. It issued an update stating that the status of previously authorized industry practices will not be affected for some period. From the update:
Subsequent contact from industry members who import, transport, store or employ wetted Nitrocellulose in the production of ammunition, however, has brought to our attention that were not fully addressed in the Newsletter and require further consultation and consideration with the industry. Accordingly, ATF has and will conduct further industry outreach concerning wetted Nitrocellulose. In the interim, previously authorized industry practices concerning wetted Nitrocellulose will not be affected.
This appears to have been an oversight on the part of the ATF; someone likely made a mistake, not knowing the consequences of their actions.
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Either an error or a trial balloon
a test , Obama’s people do this all the time
Precisely. It was a trial balloon.
Balloons from the ATF usually go over like lead balloons.
“Not a smidgen of corruption”
“This appears to have been an oversight on the part of the ATF; someone likely made a mistake, not knowing the consequences of their actions. “
Not an effing chance! They got “outed” before the fact and had to reverse course. I just hope President Trump will put dog collars on everyone at BATFE, and find a jail cell for Jeh Johnson.
fire every single Clinton era holdover.
I would love to see Trump make into effect like in Switzerland, all qualified homes must have a battle ready rifle.
“fire every single Clinton era holdover.”
I think that goes without saying! But the real problem continues to be the “worker bees” in all governmental agencies. They change things at the top, but the “implemeters” don’t go when administrations change. And with Government employment rules and the unions, it’s almost impossible to get rid of enough of them to really change direction. Just take a look at the USPS. A decade or more ago, there were nearly 1 million postal workers. Now there are something like 400,000, but with the drop in the use of the mail, they only really need something on the order of 250,000. And the “career” people at the State Department never change so our making real changes to our foreign policy is nearly impossible. Trump has a mammoth task ahead.
“fire every single Clinton era holdover.”
I think that goes without saying! But the real problem continues to be the “worker bees” in all governmental agencies. They change things at the top, but the “implemeters” don’t go when administrations change. And with Government employment rules and the unions, it’s almost impossible to get rid of enough of them to really change direction. Just take a look at the USPS. A decade or more ago, there were nearly 1 million postal workers. Now there are something like 400,000, but with the drop in the use of the mail, they only really need something on the order of 250,000. And the “career” people at the State Department never change so our making real changes to our foreign policy is nearly impossible. Trump has a mammoth task ahead.
ping
Brent sent out an irate email announcing the original ATF change, followed by a more mellow msg of their retraction a day or so later.
He doesn’t make a habit of blowing up my inbox, so needless to say, he got my attention.
“Mistake my ass.”
You are so right. This has been their plan all along, relentless incrementalism. We must man the walls and always be on guard for the next chickenshit attack on the second amendment.
eliminate the tax exempt status of the seiu.
“Accordingly, ATF has and will conduct further industry outreach concerning wetted Nitrocellulose. In the interim, previously authorized industry practices concerning wetted Nitrocellulose will not be affected.”
So “we got caught trying to fix a non-problem for which there are no “demonstrated” issues, and as a consequence, we’re going back underground to work on the next assault on the Second Amendment rights of the good citizens of this country.
Which hopefully will end on January 20, 2017 when a number of us will be shown the unemployment line by representatives of our new “boss” Donald J. Trump.”
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