BREAKING: Ares Armor Raided by ATF
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gsmlJSpWvk
Despite being granted a restraining order, the ATF has apparently raided San Diego area firearms parts seller Ares Armor anyway. Ares sells 80% lowers which the ATF has classified as "firearms." The ATF has been...
Ares Armor Holds Off ATF Raid – For Now
"An Oceanside store that sells various gun parts to build a rifle from scratch warded off a federal raid Wednesday." That from fox5sandiego.com, describing some legal fancy footwork done by Ares Armor. What's their alleged...
ATF: Watch Out for Fraudulent FFL Scams
The ATF sent the following advisory to all FFLs last week:
Online Scams Using Fraudulent Federal Firearms Licenses
March 7, 2014
TO ALL FEDERAL FIREARMS LICENSEES AND FIREARM PURCHASERS
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)...
Breaking: Washington State House & Senate Pass SBR Bill
Today the WA House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 5956 with a 95-to-3 vote. It cleared the Senate on February 18th 47-to-0. This bill will legalize the possession and use of SBRs (short barreled...
ATF Imposes Unofficial One-Year Waiting Period For Suppressor Transfers
Canadian shooters don't exactly live in a gun-owner's paradise. Still, the news isn't all bad up there. That image isn't Photoshopped: it's the Dominion Arms 'Grizzly' 8.5" shotgun. It holds five shots and for our...
Getting Your Own FFL – The Pros and Cons
By Brandon L. Maddox
Articles on the subject of getting your own Federal Firearms License have been generated a lot of discussion, but there seems to be a lot of confusion out there as to...
How ATF’s Electronic NFA Form System is Ruining my Business
This is not an exaggeration. Our federal regulators have a site that is designed to handle NFA transactions electronically, and it's failing miserably and nobody seems to know why it's barely operational. As of...
The Truth About Gun Trusts…and How Attorneys Lie to Get your Money
This is a sore subject that many people don't see eye-to-eye on, but as someone who has regular interaction with customers who practice law on behalf of the public and private interest - this...
Will BHA’s New 7.62x54R Pistol Mean the End of 7.62x54R Ammo Imports?
Back in the 1980's, 7.62x39 ammo was widely available in both the all-lead variety that we see today as well as the mass produced steel core variety. Since the rounds were only used in...
Fast & Furious Gun Seller Released From Prison
When this case first appeared, at the height of the first exposure of the Fast and Furious scandal, it was portrayed as an example of smuggling to the Mexican cartels that was not a...
Colorado: Bong and Bang Still Don’t Mix
Question 11E on ATF Form 4473 (required for the purchase of a firearm from a federal firearms licensee) reads as follows: "Are you an unlawful user of, or addicted to, marijuana or any depressant,...
Why Were the ATF Busting Down Karl Pierson’s Door?
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (and Really Big Fires) is a rogue agency. We have Ruby Ridge, Waco, the "glory hole" debacle, the "cigarette walker" scandal, the as-yet-unexplained Fast and Furious anti-gun running gun-running operation...