NFA Wait Time Skyrockets 200%
We've been tracking a nice, steady decline in the time it takes for the ATF to process firearm registration paperwork required to own items controlled by the National Firearms Act. At its peak you would...
Codrea: ATF’s Left Hand Doesn’t Know What Its Right Hand is Doing
A complaint filed Tuesday in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia seeks an order to compel the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to comply with a Freedom of Information...
ATF: Beware of NFA Scam!
Advisory
Scams Using Fraudulent or Manipulated NFA Registration Documents
TO ALL FEDERAL FIREARMS LICENSEES (FFLs) AND FIREARM PURCHASERS
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is advising the public to be aware of fraudulent National...
Will Sicario Shoot-Em-Up Tell the “True” Story of U.S. Cartel Conspiracy?
https://youtu.be/sR0SDT2GeFg
The Congressional Investigation into Operation Fast & Furious was a damp squib. Despite incontrovertible evidence that the feds channeled firearms to the Sinaloa drug cartel, despite the death of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry...
Is NFA Paperwork for CT Being Deliberately Delayed By ATF?
One of our readers tipped us off to a worrisome trend in Connecticut. Transfers for firearms regulated under the National Firearms Act (NFA) have always been slow, but in the last few months things...
Incendiary Image of the Day: Location, Location, Location Edition
"The stark, black-and-white sign was erected in 2012 by the government of former (Mexican) President Felipe Calderon on the side of a bridge linking (Ciudad Juarez) to El Paso, Texas. The letters were formed...
BREAKING: NRA Introduces Bill to Permanently Define “Sporting Purposes” Exemption
Word comes that Rob Bishop (R-UT) has introduced HR 2710, a bill designed to permanently define the "sporting purposes" clauses in federal gun control legislation and remove the ATF's ability to interpret those laws...
ATF FTB Spokesman Defends American’s Second Amendment Rights. No, Really!
Most gun owners in the US hear the letters A - T - F and instantly think "AHA! The great Satan! They hate our freedom and want to take our guns!" Which, in some...
Is the ATF Really Trying to Classify AR Pistols as NFA Items?
We've been covering the ATF's push to ram through some administrative language changes this year. But it looks like some people have jumped the gun. There has been some discussion in the gunblogosphere about...
Gun Deals Gone Bad: Patience is a Virtue
A funny thing happened on my way back from lunch this afternoon. Ted Clutter from ATF's NFA branch left me a voicemail. He didn't sound happy with me at all. I'm usually a pretty...
BREAKING: ATF Begins Denying NFA Paperwork for Washington State Residents
One year ago, Washington state's government passed legislation finally legalizing the ownership of short barreled rifles. That law was duly signed by the governor, and went into effect 90 days later. Since then, the ATF...
First Eyewitness Account of Deadly Waco Biker Brawl
Here's what we know about the shootings at the Twin Peaks Restaurant in Waco. Some 170 bikers are still in jail, with bail set at $1m each. We know that cops "returned fire" on the...