I just saw this on another forum and couldn't help but to laugh. https://www.northeastshooters.com/xen/threads/atf-foia-re-bumpstock-surrender-numbers.377152/
Looks like the ATF's arbitrary ban and reclassification of bump stocks into machineguns despite not meeting the definition of such, and lacking the Constitutional authority in the first place, has not been the whopping success as they have claimed. But more like it has been a flopping failure.
In a recent FOIA request earlier this month to the ATF, they were asked how many bump stocks were surrendered to them by the deadline.
They broke the numbers down by state, and the numbers that they gave were a grand total of 582 bumpstocks were surrendered.
I am expecting the large majority of those were likely in dealer inventory and wrote off as a loss on their taxes and not exactly in circulation anyway. Regardless, it looks like most people decided to not turn in anything to the government.
It looks like the good citizens of the US felt that the ATF overstepped their authority, and which they have recently admitted to here (seriously read this link):
https://www.weapon-blog.com/2019/09/atf-admits-it-lacked-authority-to-ban-bump-stocks/
There is at least one court case advancing up to the supreme court over it now as well and I wish him all the success in the world.
I guess that leaves the government and their brown shirts with egg on their faces.
Who would have ever seen that coming?
I just thought this may brighten up the day for a few of you.
Looks like the ATF's arbitrary ban and reclassification of bump stocks into machineguns despite not meeting the definition of such, and lacking the Constitutional authority in the first place, has not been the whopping success as they have claimed. But more like it has been a flopping failure.
In a recent FOIA request earlier this month to the ATF, they were asked how many bump stocks were surrendered to them by the deadline.
They broke the numbers down by state, and the numbers that they gave were a grand total of 582 bumpstocks were surrendered.
I am expecting the large majority of those were likely in dealer inventory and wrote off as a loss on their taxes and not exactly in circulation anyway. Regardless, it looks like most people decided to not turn in anything to the government.
It looks like the good citizens of the US felt that the ATF overstepped their authority, and which they have recently admitted to here (seriously read this link):
https://www.weapon-blog.com/2019/09/atf-admits-it-lacked-authority-to-ban-bump-stocks/
There is at least one court case advancing up to the supreme court over it now as well and I wish him all the success in the world.
I guess that leaves the government and their brown shirts with egg on their faces.
Who would have ever seen that coming?
I just thought this may brighten up the day for a few of you.
