https://www.cbsnews.com/news/justice-department-atf-gangster-weapons/Washington — The Justice Department said on Friday it will no longer enforce certain provisions of a 1934 law that was passed by Congress to regulate the types of firearms often used by mobsters, after a federal judge declared large parts of the law were unconstitutional.The new guidelines released by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were issued to current and future gun owners. The Justice Department determined last month it would not appeal the judge's ruling.Under the new guidelines, the federal government will no longer require individuals to apply and receive regulatory approval before making or transferring short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, suppressors and other various types of concealable firearms.https://www.atf.gov/news/press-releases/atf-issues-guidance-national-firearms-act-transfers-short-barreled-rifles-short-barreled-shotguns-suppressors-and-certain-other-firearmsUnder ATF’s guidance, ATF will not enforce the requirements for individuals to apply and receive ATF approval before making or transferring short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, suppressors (silencers), and certain other concealable firearms known in the law as “any other weapons.” ATF also will not enforce the NFA’s registration, tax-stamp or related requirements for those covered items. The $200 tax remains in place for machine guns and destructive devices. The NFA requirements apply in full to those weapons.
>>1542412For now. The ATF issues opinions with the full weight of law and have been known to flip flop.
>>1542412Of course at trump rallies we need to ban guns because there will be too many good guys with guns
>>1542422You're right, Trump hasn't done enough for gun rights. Still it's a step in the right direction.
>>1542423Until I can start blindfiring in celebration the founding fathers will weep
So that 50 cal on my jeep is good now? That ammo is expensive.
>>1542425In red states, it was already good before this ruling.
15 states still require NFA registration. Be sure to check your local laws.
Also read the fine print, the FAQ says that if enforcement resumes, the best case you can hope for is a 90 day grace period to register and pay up, and they don't even have to actually give you that much. No grandfathering, no exceptions for having made or bought the item in the dead period.
>>1542436>not living in a free stateYou get what you fucking deserve!
>>1542481I'm fine with it. At least I won't have any chance of getting rugpulled by the next dem admin that decides to change the laws again.
>>1542484>I'm not going to exercise my rights because you're just going to lose yours when we retake the white houseGreat argument, buddy! You stay in your blue shithole and seethe while I put my newly purchased suppressor on my SBR AR-15. Just because I can.
>esl shill pretending to be a gunownerlolololol
>>1542493You'll never post your passport and prove you are americanYou'll never post a paystub and prove you have a real jobYou'll never post your gun either
Gun ownership rights are never going to be human rights.
>>1542412>1934Jesus Christ if the law's been in effect that long I think it was for a fucking reason.
>>1542567the laws still in effectop is just coping and pretending that the ATF not doing their jobs and impotently declaring the law unconstitutional means something
>>1542567>Jesus Christ if the law's been in effect that long I think it was for a fucking reason.Okay then, what's the reason? Please explain to me how this law makes anyone safer.
>>1542642Reducing access to weapons favoured for assassinations seems like the intent.
>>1542642Jewish mobsters, acting as the Italian mafia, were using machine guns.Later black gangsters fell in love with Uzis.I'm not saying I support it, but that's why.
>>1542696>Jewish mobsters?Some of you were this old when you learned that the majority of the terror the "Italian mafia" caused was actually done by jews.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugsy_Siegel
>>1542690Except it didn't work, and even less so now. Look at Luigi. >>1542696This rule doesn't affect machine guns. Those still require tax stamps... although in the age of bump stocks and FRT's it's kinda pointless - and those are the legal avenues. Not counting all the illegal glock switches that still find their way into Chicago despite the extra regulations that do nothing to prevent crime.
>>1542721>do nothing to prevent crime.I know. It's like criminals will find a way to kill or something, huh?And the ((("Italian"))) mafia was the entire reason the NFA was passed.
>>1542567You do realize that the only reason the NFA exists at all is because you're registering the TAX, and not the gun?
>>1542567The $200 tax from 1934 is almost $5k today, but it was never adjusted for inflation. Do you think only rich people should own guns?
>>1542567It's actually a very poorly written law that has abortive parts that were meant to support a core pillar which was struck down. They kept those parts anyway because they were gun grabbers, but the only justification they ever had was "laws don't need to make sense". Under the NFA, you can have two identical guns, same exact parts, but one of them is a felony because the receiver used to have a different part on it.
