U.S.A. -(AmmoLand.com)- As we reported last week, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (“ATF”) recently informed firearm manufacturer Q, LLC that, in ATF’s view, Q’s “Honey Badger” pistol with stabilizing brace is actually a short-barreled rifle and therefore subject to the National Firearms Act (“NFA”). The NRA strongly disagrees with this arbitrary, inequitable, and incorrect determination by ATF that puts millions of firearms owners in danger of federal prosecution.
On Friday, the White House made clear in a statement to the Washington Free Beacon that they’re working with DoJ to protect our rights, “The White House and leadership at the Department of Justice are reviewing this matter to ensure there is no interference with the ability of law-abiding citizens—including lawful firearms manufacturers—to exercise their constitutionally guaranteed liberties.”
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Since 2012, ATF has repeatedly found that firearms with pistol stabilizing braces, like the one equipped on Q’s Honey Badger pistol, are not “designed, made, and intended to be fired from the shoulder,” and are therefore not subject to regulation under the NFA. Now, with no notice or opportunity for public input, ATF appears to be reversing course.
Rather than create a clear set of rules that law-abiding gun owners and manufactures can follow, ATF seems to be taking an “I’ll know it when I see it” approach to classifying firearms. This arbitrary approach is clearly inconsistent with the right to keep and bear arms and due process of law.
By blurring the lines on legal definitions that carry serious criminal consequences, ATF is putting law-abiding gun owners, the firearm industry, and law enforcement in the impossible position of attempting to read the minds of ATF bureaucrats when complying with or applying federal law.
Please take action by contacting the Department of Justice and asking them to take swift action to rein in ATF and reverse this terrible determination
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You need to edit your heading…
Ex-Post-Facto is still unconstitutional regardless of what agency or Personnel within agencies attempt to utilize the illegal method(s).
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Abolish the NFA ’34. That said, I can sure see why ATF is targeting Q. The brace Q used is pretty much a shoulder stock. I don’t know a person that bought an AR pistol that intended to use the brace as an arm brace. They all wanted a SBR that they could carry in their vehicle like a handgun.