Fast and Furious Explained. Again. Still.
The Congressional investigation into Operation Fast and Furious has gone cold. This despite the fact that "on Thursday, June 28, 2012, Holder became the first sitting member of the Cabinet of the United States to...
ATF Lacks Staff to Chase NICS Denials
The left gets its panties in a bunch whenever the right uses the term "jack-booted thugs." They think the expression reveals right-wing paranoia against an inherently beneficent government. Insurrectionism, domestic terrorism, etc. But seriously, the ATF are a bunch...
SIG SAUER Suspends Lawsuit Against ATF Over MPX’s New Muzzle Brake
When SIG SAUER introduced the MPX (their 9mm MP5 replacement), the plan was to have a long "muzzle brake" permanently attached to the end of the barrel to produce a "rifle" variant for civilian...
My Eight Minutes With The ATF’s Sara Jones
She was amazing...for reasons other than what your gutter-dwelling minds are capable of comprehending. I had to call ATF's NFA branch for an opinion today. If anyone is wondering, it is the ATF's opinion...
The ATF May Have Accidentally Thrown Open the Machine Gun Registry
Ever since the 1980s, new machine guns have been forbidden from being transferred to anyone except licensed dealers with special permission from the local constabulary. It's a de facto machine gun ban, since the...
ATF Agent Brandishes Gun, Shuts Down Interstate
"Authorities partially closed a downtown Minneapolis freeway briefly Tuesday morning as they executed a “high risk” traffic stop to detain a motorist who allegedly brandished a gun at another driver." Uh oh. Road rage! "The incident...
BREAKING: Oklahoma Legislature Overrides Governor’s Veto of “Shall Sign” Legislation
The process for obtaining any NFA item, be it a silencer or a machine gun, is frustrating enough if everything goes according to plan. But when your local Chief Law Enforcement Officer refuses to...
FFLs, Politics and Regulation
Historically, the number of federal firearms license holders has roughly corresponded to general political and social trends within the US When there’s a high demand for firearms, the number of FFLs goes up. At...
Kevin Brittingham: Quick-Attach Silencers are Dead
It seems like every silencer manufacturer has their own silencer mount/flash hider thing. AAC has their 51-tooth adapter, Gemtech has their lug-based mount and Surefire has their odd smooth muzzle brake. It's a necessity...
ATF Adding More NFA Branch Staff, Reducing Backlog, Re-Designing eForms System. Again.
TTAG has just received the following email from the ATF about the current status of the National Firearms Act branch, the group responsible for approving the paperwork needed to own fun stuff like silencers...
SIG SAUER Sues ATF For Calling Its Muzzle Brake a Silencer
Without a doubt, the SIG SAUER MPX rifle is one of the coolest things to be unveiled in the last couple years. It's a pistol caliber carbine that has all of the same controls...
Newly Revealed ATF Letter Explains Why Ares (and EP’s) 80% Lowers Are Illegal
Ares Armor sells EP Armory 80% lower receivers. Well, they sold them. We reported that Ares Armor was raided by the ATF (even after a restraining order was issued against such action) for selling...