03-13-2022, 03:14 PM
This is depressing.
The quick version IMHO is a agency under the Executive branch, outside of Legislative or Judicial review, can oppress citizens at will. If said citizen cannot afford legal defense all the way to SCOTUS (or 99.9% of Americans), they are screwed.
Look at what the ATF is doing right now. Any part of a suppressor is now a suppressor itself. Have some tube steel sitting around the garage? The ATF can come in a claim it's a suppressor because it can be used in the construction of one. They are redefining the language in their regulations and implementing their new interpretations. Congress just sits there with their heads up their butts.
Just wait until CBDC's get going here. That will be the death of the 2A. And a lot of other things too.
The quick version IMHO is a agency under the Executive branch, outside of Legislative or Judicial review, can oppress citizens at will. If said citizen cannot afford legal defense all the way to SCOTUS (or 99.9% of Americans), they are screwed.
Look at what the ATF is doing right now. Any part of a suppressor is now a suppressor itself. Have some tube steel sitting around the garage? The ATF can come in a claim it's a suppressor because it can be used in the construction of one. They are redefining the language in their regulations and implementing their new interpretations. Congress just sits there with their heads up their butts.
Just wait until CBDC's get going here. That will be the death of the 2A. And a lot of other things too.