Franklin Armory, one of America’s leading manufacturers of innovative firearms and accessories, announced today the launch of Antithesis, a new class of rifled, short-barrel firearm completely unregulated by the National Firearms Act (NFA). Franklin Armory is now shipping 12.5-inch, 12-inch, and 7.5-inch barreled configurations of the new Antithesis™ SBF™ (Short-barreled Franklin) firearm line, each chambered in 5.56 NATO.
Franklin Armory’s Antithesis™ features a rifled barrel, yet is free and clear from any NFA restrictions due to its unique characteristic of being designed and intended to fire both single and multiple projectile fixed cartridges. A Federal District Court earlier this year ruled that Antithesis™ cannot be considered a rifle under either the NFA or the Gun Control Act (GCA) based on definitions used in both statutes. Antithesis™ is simply a GCA-only regulated “firearm.” As Judge Daniel M. Traynor opined:
Franklin Armory designed the Antithesis to fire multiple kinds of ammunition. The weapon does not fire only a single projectile. Firing multiple projectiles is not incidental or a by-product. The Antithesis is a square peg and calling it round will not change how it fits into the round hole of these statutes. Therefore, ATF exceeded its authority by not giving the plain meaning to the words of the statute.
This complete absolution of Franklin Armory’s Antithesis from NFA regulations is further codified through a consent decree between the manufacturer and the U.S. Department of Justice. As affirmed in the agreement and adjudicated by the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, Antithesis™ firearms are:
- Not “firearm[s]” under 26 U.S.C. § 5845(a),
- Not “short-barreled rifle[s]” under 18 U.S.C. § 921(a)(8),
- Not subject to the requirements of 18 U.S.C. § 922(a)(4) and 18 U.S.C. § 922(b)(4)
Franklin Armory’s Antithesis™ SBF™ can now be purchased and transferred simply as a “firearm” on Form 4473. Furthermore, Antithesis™ SBF™ firearms are not subject to onerous NFA restrictions regarding interstate transport or interfamilial possession.
“Prior ATF officials called our ideas ‘absurd,’ but the court’s plain reading of the statutes has vindicated our logical conclusions,” said Franklin Armory President Jay Jacobson. “We have lived with the NFA for 91 years. Thanks to the current administration’s willingness to resolve the matter, we now have more ways to enjoy our Second Amendment.”
To learn more about the available configurations now shipping from Franklin Armory’s Antithesis™ SBF™ lineup, visit FranklinArmory.com.
Licensing Antithesis
Recognizing the potential for Antithesis™ to positively impact the larger firearms industry, Franklin Armory is offering licensing rights to other manufacturers.
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About Franklin Armory
Safeguarding the God-given right to protect self and property is Franklin Armory’s enduring mission. From the “Battle Born” State of Nevada, the firm engineers and manufactures quality firearms and accessories for sporting, defense, and law enforcement applications. Highly adept at creating innovative products that are 100% designed, machined, and built in America, the People of Franklin Armory are genuine Facilitators of Freedom™.
would be better to put nfa and atf out to pasture
Click on “Read more” below to see this this better. I listened to the Franklin Armory video linked in the article. Here is what I expect may be the bottom line: 1) Franklin produces the Antithesis and Reformation. The first is normal spiral rifling and the second is straight rifling. 2) While I find no multi-projectile 5.56 ammunition for sale, that does not mean the spiral rifling was not designed to shoot such projectiles, so it is a multi-projectile machine. I can see where you could have stacked projectiles that would stabilize with the spiral rifling, and thus not be… Read more »
Thanks and congratulations, but can you please explain how you convinced the court, and maybe provide a link to the decision?
This is so cool!
The 5.56 caliber is being recalled for full refund. See Franklin Armory website notification.
I’m not buying one. It’s got a rifled barrel & a buttstock – it’s a rifle. Doesn’t matter that they “designed” it to shoot some “multi-projectile” ammo along with regular rifle rounds: your 9mm camp carbine can shoot 9mm shot shells, too. If the barrel provides spin-stabilization to a unitary projectile of nominal bore diameter it doesn’t matter if it can also fire “shot”. If it’s providing spin-stabilization to multiple stacked projectiles from the same shell casing because they’re all of nominal bore diameter it is, again, a rifle. It’s all about the gun providing the stabilization instead of the… Read more »