We’re all hoping that 2025 will be the year where we push back against decades of 2nd Amendment encroachment. Recent court rulings have been trending pro 2A and the latest court victory by Franklin Armory and the Firearms Regulatory Accountability Coalition (FRAC) over the ATF looks to be continuing that trend.
The U.S. District Court in North Dakota issued its opinion in the FRAC and Franklin Armory firearms classification-related lawsuit against ATF. The lawsuit was filed back in 2023 and pertained to the way that ATF classified Franklin Armory’s Reformation and Antithesis firearms. The Reformation is a short barreled firearm chambered in .300 Blackout that used straight rifling. ATF considered the Reformation to be a firearm subject to GCA but not subject to NFA, but said they needed to come up with a proper classification for it. The Antithesis is a .410/.45 Colt firearm. ATF designated it a Short Barreled Rifle subject to both the GCA and NFA, despite not not meeting the legal definition of an SBR. Despite years of trying to work with the ATF on proper classifications, ATF refused and continued to stall. Thus the 2023 lawsuit to force the ATF to act.
It’s taken 2 years, but on February 18th, 2025 Judge Daniel M. Traynor issued his ruling vacating the ATF’s prior misclassifications of Franklin Armory’s Reformation and Antithesis firearms. Franklin Armory points out that Judge Traynor’s ruling solidifies what the firearms industry has known for years: that the ATF has been abusing its firearms technology classification powers. They’ve gotten away with it for decades unchallenged but it looks like the courts are finally taking notice.
The Court’s Opinion:
Franklin Armory presented a square peg, and ATF shoved it into a round hole. If Congress wanted “shotgun” to be a catch-all category for anything that doesn’t fit “rifle,” it could have done so. . . . . It is not for ATF to redefine the terms because it thinks Congress didn’t intend a certain outcome. Therefore, ATF exceeded its authority in defining “smoothbore” as anything lacking “functional rifling.”
So, does this mean that the Reformation and Antitheis will finally be available for purchase? Hopefully, but it’s a little early still. FRAC and Franklin Armory are having their legal counsel review Judge Traynor’s ruling to determine the future of both Reformation and Antithesis under the law. The ruling is a good precedent for other ATF overreach cases though. In response to ATF’s arguments, Judge Traynor replied that “Administrative agencies need to remember they are in the executive branch and leave legislating to Congress.”
Statement from FRAC and Franklin Armory
FRAC President & CEO, Travis White, stated that “the ATF has egregiously abused the firearms technology classification process, and this is a landmark ruling in reining in such abuses.” Franklin Armory President Jay Jacobson said, “we spent years trying to reason with ATF leadership as they failed to classify firearms correctly. We hope that future agency leaders will stick to the law as passed by Congress. All we ever wanted was a good referee, not someone to throw the game.”
Judge Traynor’s summary judgment ruling in FRAC v. Garland, No. 1:23-cv-00003, can be found here.
Even a 5th grader knows the definition of “smooth.”
The biden/harris Jim Crow Gun Control atf was more interested in dictating what you need and don’t need and what you can have and not have. And where was the Crowds who once yelled, “Choice?” All while the atf gets machine guns to deal with violence whereas you get their watered down means to defend you and yours against the same violence the atf encounters sometimes. The reality…thanks to atf Gun Control you and yours get the short end of the stick.
Good news is the demented residue left from biden/harris are circling the drain.
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Braking(sic) newz! Cash Patel supposedly will be the new ATF director roo😀
Great news
So Kash Patel is both FBI and ATF director?
If this is true, one can only wonder what the future holds for both.
I think this is based on an idea that was floated during the Trump campaign. That the ATF law enforcement function in relation to the ATF agency purpose would be pulled from the ATF (leaving therm ‘regulatory’ only) and placed under the FBI. Its an idea that I and a lot of others sent to the Trump campaign as an alternative portion of gutting the ATF if it wasn’t going to be abolished completely because this ‘law enforcement function’ is the one they most abuse to threaten and take lives and terrorize with for what are Malum prohibitum offenses or no offenses at all (i.e. Bryan Malinowski, Mark Manley, and hundreds of others).
So anyway, this idea might be why some are saying he will be the new ATF director also, not really though because it would in reality just be another FBI function.
But, we shall see what happens.
ok, Patel is going serve as the temporary ATF Director, but is the permanent head of the FBI.
we still need an ATF Director. I kinda expect that guy in there now to be fired, which may be why Patel is going to be the temp pending appointment of a perm director.
Considering that we don’t need an ATF, I’m not sure why we need an ATF Director.
Trump finally criticized Musk.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump posted…
“ELON IS DOING A GREAT JOB, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM GET MORE AGGRESSIVE. REMEMBER, WE HAVE A COUNTRY TO SAVE, BUT ULTIMATELY, TO MAKE GREATER THAN EVER BEFORE. MAGA!”
ya see that Elon? I know you been holding back there buddy, I mean gee whiz, ya only like maybe 10% through the audits after being held back a couple a days by left-wing judges that are now coming around or being (constitutionally and legally) ignored…and I know we are looking a more than millions of $$ in the fraud and corruption being uncovered, into the multi trillions of $$, from the democrats and left wing criminality alone.,. but ya need to get more aggressive and rip the head off the snake not just pick away at it. So get that chainsaw Argentina’s President Javier Milei gifted you at CPAC and get to work lazybones.
😁
Snicker…😂
OMG, this makes me laugh!
Elon, working his ass off without compensation.
“Come on, Elon…can you step it up a bit more? I mean, really now. How many kids have you named this week?”
.410 .
Well I guess putting rat shot in a .45 makes it a gauge and therefore a shotgun and now my revolver shooting rat shot is illegal.
The Right To Ban Arms Shall Not Be Infringed
Could this be a 242 violation?
BREAKING NEWS: AG BONDI MAKES MAJOR 2A ANNOUNCEMENT ON NATIONAL TV (note: about firing ATF chief counsel for intentionally targeting gun owners…says is not going to happen in this admistration).
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The lunchbox lawyer is difficult to listen to, or stay on track with what he is saying. I sincerely hope he is vastly more capable when before the bar.
Still not completely certain of what he is touting, regarding Pam Bondi statement he referenced (or the video).
he’s saying that back then the ‘do something’ did not have a lot of understanding behind it as to how anti-gun was exploiting it for gun control to remove due process and turn it into ‘just cause we said so’.
he’s also saying that all 50 states already had this, just not called ‘red flag’ specifically to take firearms ’cause we said do’.
also that red flag laws were created to intentionally side step due process in the laws for this that already existed.
Thanx !
You are a better spokeswhatever than the lawyer.
I wrote an article on this rifle for a major gun mag. 100% keyholes
Complete garbage
It’s not a rifle though. Given that no spin is imparted to the projectile, keyholes are expected.
ok I want the 410/45 colt.
I’d be ok if they just made a 45 colt 16 in upper/rifle.
HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT: Meet The New ATF Director.
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This Guy Will Be Your Next ATF Director.
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Trump fires racist general.
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Trump Ousts Leftist Joint Chiefs Of Staff Chair, Other DEI-Pushing Military Officials.
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FAFO: Dem Congressman Threatens “Actual Weapons” Against Musk… Retribution Is SWIFT As He Cries.
(note: additional information —- for those who do not know, around the country there have been, collectively, in the last week, about 150 ‘attacks’ carried out on Tesla owners, Tesla employees and ‘dealerships’ and people who agree with Trump and Musk or voted for Trump. These attackers actions range from shoving to punching to use of weapons of some type – in a couple of cases Tesla ‘facilities’ have received weapons fire. In addition to attacks there have been hundreds of death threats targeting Musk and Trump and various Trump voters. Musks personal private security detail has been deputized as federal law enforcement so they can carry weapons at all places. Make no mistake, the left-wing death cult wants Trump, Musk, republicans, anyone who voted Trump, dead – these mentally ill left wingers are all over the country – we even have one here at TTAG with Myner49r – and these are beginning to respond to the crazy Democrats call for violence and insurrection and rebellion … be careful out there.)
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State University Bans Pepper Spray.
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Mexico Plans to Change (mexico) Constitution to Protect Drug Cartels From U.S. Military Strikes.
“Mexico is advancing plans to amend its constitution to protect drug cartels from potential U.S. military strikes, …”
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Trump Calls Out Maine Governor For Refusing To Protect Women.
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Education Department Launches Investigation Into Maine After Trump Slams Governor Over Boys In Girls’ Sports.
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President Trump clashed with Maine Gov. Janet Mills over his executive order banning transgender athletes on female sports teams. Trump has threatened to withhold federal funding if states fail to comply. (note: states that receive federal funding for schools are subject to the executive order and federal law banning transgender male-to-female athletes on biological-female sports teams)
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