WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(Ammoland.com)- According to a New York Times report, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives’ (ATF) new rule on unfinished firearms frames & receivers will be out in early April 2022.
The Biden administration is looking for a victory, and so-called “ghost guns” seem to be where the President thinks he can get a win.
The administration has faced all-time record-low approval ratings from the American public in the wake of several high-profile blunders. The disastrous pull out of troops in Afghanistan started Biden’s slide in popularity.
COVID-19 restrictions also saw the President taking a loss when the courts ruled his vaccine requirements for American companies unconstitutional. His policies on COVID payouts caused a labor shortage in the US, which led to empty shelves in many stores. Many small businesses shut down because they could not outbid the federal government, which paid people to sit home and do nothing.
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Gas prices are over $4 a gallon and headed to an unheard of $5.00. Inflation has been out of control and rising to levels not seen since Jimmy Carter’s presidency. The President has refused to approve drilling permits to make the country energy independent, bending a knee to OPEC to help the energy crisis and now banning Russian gas imports. He is worried that he will upset the same far left-wing advocates that want to ban unfinished frames and receivers by approving new drilling permits.
Last April, President Biden announced that he was ordering the ATF to act against unfinished frames and receivers in addition to pistol stabilizing devices. The ATF wrote up new regulations and submitted them to the National Registry for a public comment period. Over 300,000 Americans submitted comments on the topic. Most of the comments opposed the rule change.
If the rule goes through as expected, all 80% firearms frames & receivers sold would require a serial number and be considered a firearm in the eyes of the ATF.
The ATF calls these firearms privately manufactured firearms (PFM). The ones currently in the hands of the public would not require a serial number unless the firearm is transferred by a federal firearms licensee (FFL) or brought into a gunsmith for work.
Homemade suppressors will take a hit under the proposed rules. The tube itself will become the suppressor. The ATF has recently cracked down on Form 1 silencers. The government, law enforcement agency paused 3000 eForm submissions. Out of those 3000 submissions, 850 were denied by the ATF. The agency said the builder used parts that are already silencers. These included parts that the Bureau has always said were not regulated by the NFA.
The law enforcement agency also requested that the makers submit pictures of all parts used in the build, list how they plan on building the suppressor, and list where they acquired the parts. This request for information is a break from previous policies, which only required caliber and length.
The ATF was expected to give dealers and manufacturers 90 days to comply with the new regulations. Inside sources report that the time frame has shrunk to 60 days. The ATF and the Whitehouse didn’t respond to AmmoLand New’s request for comment.
About John Crump
John is an NRA instructor and a constitutional activist. John has written about firearms, interviewed people of all walks of life, and on the Constitution. John lives in Northern Virginia with his wife and sons and can be followed on Twitter at @crumpyss, or at www.crumpy.com.
The only thing I like about Joe Biden is he can kiss my ass and I can’t . I have a turd he can eat when he is done kissing also !
Call congress. Write them. Snail mail. Drive them crazy. Visit their offices, in state and in DC. This rule has to be stopped. They have no authority to rewrite law by making up new definitions. Congress did that when they wrote the law. Chevron deference cannot be applied, when Congress has already spoken directly to the issue, by defining the words in statute, leaving nothing arbitrary for the batfe to “clarify”.
“A well regulated militia, being necessary to a free state the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” The second amendment, THE law of the land. Any law that is contrary to the constitution is null and void per SCOTUS, see Mayberry vs Madison. “If a man has no sword, let him sell his cloak and buy one.” Part of Luke 22:36. The LORD HIMSELF said this. The LORD HIMSELF tells us to be armed. There is no higher authority on earth. This order, this right, is further written into law as part of… Read more »
i wonder how long before those weapons that buyden gave to the taliban arrive here and are used by criminals? thanks joe.
there will probably soon come a time that resistance is necessary to stop this tyrannical government bureaucracy and restore our freedoms given by God and enumerated in the Consitituion and Bill of Rights.
Presidents should not be able to make laws. We have separate roles and powers within government for a reason. Trumps executive order on Bump Stocks set a dangerous precedent. No matter how you view Bump Stocks, there is a process for making laws that should be followed. We should all support the GAO/GOF’s challenge to the Bump Stock ruling that should also apply to any decree King Joe’s puppet masters wants to write on suppressors, 80% receivers, braces, or anything else.
That “80% completed” rule is going to be a moving target. The market place is already adjusting to the rule before it is even finalized. Expect to see “AFT” adjusting the number to 70% and then lower as conditions in the marketplace change. Meanwhile, over at Defense Distributed, they’re laying down a “0%” marker with their “Ghost Gunner 3” that can make an AR15 lower out of solid aluminum bar stock. My original post with a link had been blocked by AmmoLand for 24 hours and their readers need to see the info. It will be interesting to see what… Read more »
Own a musket for home defense, since that’s what the founding fathers intended. Four ruffians break into my house. “What the devil?” As I grab my powdered wig and Kentucky rifle. Blow a golf ball sized hole through the first man, he’s dead on the spot. Draw my pistol on the second man, miss him entirely because it’s smoothbore and nails the neighbors dog. I have to resort to the cannon mounted at the top of the stairs loaded with grape shot, “Tally ho lads” the grape shot shreds two men in the blast, the sound and extra shrapnel set… Read more »
One of Biden’s campaign promises was to toughen gun laws and remove assault weapons go after firearms manufacturing. Let us remember tired old Joe is a puppet doing as his handlers ask when he can remember to read his lines correctly. Everything Joe has done so far is ended in disaster for our country.. Joe is so dangerous to are country because he in acting in the behalf of his political friends those that helped with the 2020 election and China. I must implore you to read about Zelensky and how he became President of the Ukraine then ask ourselves… Read more »
If the law requires posting in the federal register any potential rule changes, what good is the process if an overwhelming majority of comments are in protest of the proposed rule change and they implement the changes anyway? The laws that determine how federal agencies make these rules need to be changed so that the opinions of the citizens affected by the rule changes actually mean something. If people take the time and effort to file their opinion (protest) of the rule change, then why in the h3ll are these agencies allowed to implement those changes?!? What good is this… Read more »
I say it’s time to shut the ATF and this administration down.