Robert K. Merting - Attorney at Law
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As Congress and the President debate the appropriate level of deficit spending (rather than debate whether to have deficit spending at all!) the clock for ATF-41P continues to tick. As you can imagine, your senators and congressmen have more important dilemmas to address, and it is unlikely that this proposed rule change will get their Read More …
ATF’s proposed rule ATF-41P is now officially released. The full rule can be found here: https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2013/09/09/2013-21661/machine-guns-destructive-devices-and-certain-other-firearms-background-checks-for-responsible Everyone can now officially begin commenting upon the rule to let the ATF know your thoughts on the rule. Unfortunately, merely complaining, while helpful to show the number of unhappy individuals, is unlikely to make much impact. Rather, thoughtful responses Read More …
As most of you know, the ATF is proposing to change the regulations regarding how trusts purchase NFA firearms. If the ATF has its way, populations of whole counties will be unable to purchase NFA firearms merely because their CLEO believes these firearms are “bad.” (I can think of several counties in SC where citizens Read More …
Yesterday witnessed the first two political casualties in the liberal push for more anti-gun measures. In two special recall elections in Colorado the Democrat incumbents who were instrumental in implementing statewide gun control laws were recalled and replaced with pro-gun, pro-constitutional Republicans. Many likened this race to a test of the “gun lobby” or the Read More …
The moment we’ve been waiting for is here. The ATF published their notice of proposed rule making in the Federal Register today. You can find it here: https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2013/09/09/2013-21661/machine-guns-destructive-devices-and-certain-other-firearms-background-checks-for-responsible This officially starts the clock for accepting comments with a deadline of December 9th, 2013. You can comment electronically here: http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=ATF_FRDOC_0001-0016 And of course I encourage you to write because Read More …