Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard has declassified the Biden Administration’s Strategic Implementation Plan for Countering Domestic Terrorism. Uncovered in the documents is the Democrats’ plan for gun control.
The 15-page report called on the federal government to stop the proliferation of so-called “ghost guns.” The Biden administration targeted privately manufactured firearms (PMF) as a significant problem. Shortly after taking office, President Joe Biden issued an executive order (EO) instructing the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to take action on unserialized frames. The ATF issued a new rule banning the sale or transfer of unfinished frames without serial numbers, colloquially known as 80% firearm frames.
Multiple gun-rights groups would challenge the rule in court for violating the Administrative Procedures Act (APA). After numerous successes at the District and Circuit Court levels, a case launched by the Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) made it to the United States Supreme Court. Seven of the nine justices voted to uphold the ATF rule, which led to the continued ban on selling or transferring 80% firearm frames.
Although the rule slowed down the home-building community, it did not stop it. Instead of buying frames from companies like Polymer80, builders started 3D printing complete firearms frames, defeating the purpose of the rule. Instead of making it easier to track homemade guns, the government forced people to innovate. These 3D-printed frames were more complicated to track than those produced by companies like Polymer80 and 80% Arms.
The plan also included methods for pressuring states to pass extreme risk protection orders (EPROs). ERPOs are also known as red flag laws. These orders allow police to seize the firearms of gun owners without due process. A hearing is held without the target present or even knowing it is happening. This courtroom process is called an ex parte hearing. The evidence can be as little as an allegation by a family member or roommate. Gun rights activists have referred to these laws as gun confiscation orders.
The Biden administration tried to pass a national red law but failed due to resistance in Congress, so pressuring the states with the promise of funding was their path forward. The Biden Administration’s Strategic Implementation Plan for Countering Domestic Terrorism tried to get more states to enact these constitutionally dubious red flag laws with varying success.
The final part of the plan was to enact a so-called “assault weapons” and “large capacity magazine” ban. There is no standard definition for the term “assault weapon.” It was a term coined in the 1990s by anti-gun groups to demonize certain semi-automatic firearms with certain cosmetic features. An assault weapons ban was tried during the Clinton era with no measurable success in stopping gun violence.
As part of the 1994 assault weapons ban, the Clinton Administration also banned magazines holding more than 10 rounds. They used the term “large capacity magazine,” whereas the gun community calls them standard capacity magazines. Since AR-15 ships with 30-round magazines, the gun industry feels that the term large capacity magazine is a propaganda term used to scare the general public into supporting a ban.
The banning of assault weapons and standard capacity magazines failed. If the Biden administration’s plan succeeded, the gun world would have changed for the worse. Luckily, there was too much resistance in Congress to force a bill through that would have disarmed millions of Americans.
The Biden Administration’s Strategic Implementation Plan for Countering Domestic Terrorism is a glimpse into how deep gun control ran under the last president. Luckily, a second term under a Democrat didn’t happen, or gun owners would have never known about this anti-gun plan.
About John Crump
Mr. Crump is an NRA instructor and a constitutional activist. John has written about firearms, interviewed people from all walks of life, and on the Constitution. John lives in Northern Virginia with his wife and sons, follow him on X at @crumpyss, or at www.crumpy.com.
Full Disclosure- Like Tulsi , I too am a former democrat. I foolishly voted for Clinton in his first term. I stupidly believed him when he talked about a government for those that play by the rules. Next thing I knew I had to live with 10 years of ” Assault Weapon Ban “. The enactment of the ban, and much of the surrounding debate changed me as a person. I really did not realize how much fellow democrats hated me and the weapons I love. I like to think my conversion to the GOP made me a better person,… Read more »
If you don’t want to read the article, I can nut shell it for you..
If you have a gun, you are a terrorist. Signed, the Emperor.
Law enforcement and politicians: scrape DNA from a piece of metal sitting in the open field 20yrs to solve a murder. Pull prints of the inside of a rubber glove to solve a robbery. But ghost guns are “untraceable”.
Their goal was and is to get rid of anyone who disagrees with their dictatorship. Communism is famous for doing exactly that. Yes, demoncraps are communists. You might want to look up what Krutchev said at the United Nations in September of 1959. They called parents terrorists when they arrived at schools complaining of filth and immorality their children were being taught. They want to get rid of firearms because they empower the citizenry to disagree with their treason and tyranny — just like the British tried. Among other things the second amendment is the last ditch method for dealing… Read more »
The role of our elected officials is to pursue policies of benefit to the citizen. They MUST do so without violating the constitutional rights of those citizens. If they cannot find a way to do so that is constitutional, they do not belong in office and need to be replaced with more capable, creative, and insightful employees of the people. Never forget that the election process is the human resources function of the people, charged with the function of hiring people to work for us. It does not anoint them as “rulers” over us. And it definitely does not, at… Read more »
I bet the order was signed by auto pen and not the incoherent clown Biden anyway so it’s not worth the paper it’s written on