Saturday, February 26, 2011

FAIR Trade Group files lawsuit against the ATF for prohibiting the importation of certain long gun barrels.

The FireArms Import/Export Roundtable Trade Group (or, FAIR Trade Group) chose to file a lawsuit against the federal government after failing to secure a reasonable conclusion to a long standing dispute with the ATF over the interpretation of the Gun Control Act and actions taken by ATF in direct conflict with regulations published in the Federal Register. Read the press release here.

3 comments:

WarriorClass said...

While I support their lawsuit, I dislike the term "crime guns" since guns cannot commit crimes anymore than a spatula can make flapjacks. We cannot let the tyrants control the language without conceding large portions of our rights. No gun or gun accessory should be outlawed, taxed or regulated, regardless of what it looks like or who uses it.

WarriorClass
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Dedicated_Dad said...

IT's about friggin' time!

Of course **WE** all know that the only reason they did this was to end the practice of importing "parts kits" so folks like us could build our own semi-autos.

To be honest, it never really occurred to me how badly this would also screw folks like AIM et-al...

I never understood the Constitutional justification for allowing them to suddenly, unilaterally, and without any input at all from CON-gress, ban previously-legal imports...

Note: -- I DID understand EXACTLY why they did it, but can't comprehend any possible Constitutional right for them to do so in absence of Legislative action...

DD

Anonymous said...

Someone with a denied form 6 for barrels and kits needs to challenge the sporting purposes clause of the GCA 1968 now that we have Heller?McDonald affirming that the 2a has nothing to do with sporting purposes...