Posted on 11/17/2022 7:00:04 AM PST by Dr. Franklin
Fourteen Senate Democrats on Tuesday sent a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) asking the agencies to strictly enforce a new law on ghost guns because companies are dodging the rule through a loophole.
The “Ghost Gun Rule,” which went into effect in August, ensures that ghost gun kits sold to let purchasers assemble a firearm are subject to the same background checks, serialization requirements and licensing process as regularly sold guns.
While complete ghost gun kits are falling under ATF’s new scrutiny, the sale of frames and receivers, which are nearly-complete firearms, are being sold with less oversight, the senators said.
Companies have claimed the rule does not apply when selling those parts separate from a complete kit, which has instructions attached and tools included, according to the senators, who called it a “colossal loophole that would swallow the rule” enforced by ATF.
“Of the 100 companies previously known to sell unserialized and nearly-complete frames and receivers, dozens remain engaged in that business,” the senators wrote, “including selling nearly-complete unserialized frames and receivers as well as offering the standalone tools and equipment with directions to help purchasers complete them.”
The letter was signed by Sens. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (N.Y.), Ed Markey (Mass.), Chris Murphy (Conn.), Dick Durbin (Ill.) and Chris Van Hollen (Md.), among others...
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A federal court recently ruled that possessing a firearm with an obliterated (read here “no”) serial number is not a crime.
They don’t give a rip what actual criminals do
Their panties are in a twist over the possibility that you or I might have a gun they don’t know about.
Some people do.
It's a waste of my time.
Some people find it a good use of their time, for a variety of reasons.
1) It's none of the government's business anyway.
2) Shall not be infringed.
Exactly.
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