Question of the Day: Should the ATF Merge with the FBI?
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosive (and Really Big Fires) started life as a small office inside the Internal Revenue Service. Their mission: to collect tax revenue. President Reagan elevated the BATFE(RBF) to agency...
BREAKING: ATF Seizes 3,000 Guns from Stag Arms
Stag Arms is a relatively well-known AR-15 manufacturer with a big presence in the 3-gun community. So it was a bit of a shock when word came that the ATF had seized 3,000 of...
Man Faces Felony Charge Over Concealed Carry Permit Application
By Brandon via concealednation.org
A 26-year-old Dyersville, Nevada man faces a felony charge after filling out an application to carry a concealed firearm, but why? "Shane Edward Kucera, 26, of 428 First Ave. East, was charged...
ATF Cries Poverty, Travels Like Kings
Orchid Advisors, which describes itself as the only management consultancy dedicated to the firearms industry, is holding their annual Firearms Industry Compliance Conference this week in Orlando. It's an annual confab that "brings together...
The Truth About NFA Inspection: Forfeiting 4th Amendment Rights
It seems like every post about an NFA firearm -- whether SBR, silencer, etc -- is followed by comments along the lines of "owning an NFA item isn't worth giving up my Fourth Amendment...
Rumor: New Legislation Coming to Widen “Sporting Purposes” Definition, Ban “Special” Ammo Import
There are a couple of outlets reporting that a deal is afoot to make some serious changes to federal gun laws. However, since these outlets quote no sources whatsoever besides things they've overheard in...
CZ-USA Announces Scorpion Folding Stock & 922r Compliance Kit
CZ's Scorpion Evo S1 Pistol is proving to be a hot item. At an MSRP of an affordable $849 and with tons of potential, it's easy to see why. I say "potential," because the...
Guns for Beginners: 922(r) Compliance and You
What you see above is my CZ Scorpion Evo SBR. It's a paperweight. Look closely and you'll notice the trigger pack has been removed from the rifle entirely, and there's no Scorpion magazine in...
The Moral Conflict Presented by the ATF
Five-star ratings aren't handed out willy-nilly around here, so when I said that Lancer's L15 lower receiver was worthy of the $200 tax stamp and the commitment to register it as an SBR, I meant it....
Note to Antis: Tracing “Crime Guns” is a Fool’s Errand
Over at baltimoresun.com, Dan Rodricks penned an article entitled Enablers of 'bad guys with guns' hard to trace. Now I know what the gun control proponents will say: "just because tracing the source of 'crime guns'...
ATF’s Secret Air Force Revealed
Of all the federal agencies that shouldn't exist, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (and Really Big Fires) tops the list. Not only are they redundant, they're redundant. There's nothing they do...
BREAKING: ATF Raids Store Featured in “American Guns” Reality TV Show
According to local news stations, the ATF this morning raided the "Gunsmoke" gun store in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. That gun store, owned by Rich Wyatt, was briefly featured in the Discovery Channel reality TV...