Bureaucrats Gone Wild: Rep Clyde to Problem the ATF Last Rule

WASHINGTON, D.C. -(Ammoland.com)- The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) printed its pistol stabilization gadget rule to the Federal Register this morning. Now, some members of Congress are stepping in to attempt to cease the brand new regulation.

Consultant Andrew Clyde (R-GA) vowed to reintroduce the Stop Harassing Owners of Rifles Today (SHORT) Act subsequent week. The regulation would take away brief barreled rifles (SBRs) from the Nationwide Firearms Act (NFA). Based on NFA laws, any rifle with a barrel below 16 inches is topic to the regulation and have to be registered with the ATF, and the gun proprietor should pay a $200 tax for the “privileged” of proudly owning the rifle.

Below the newly printed rule, a pistol with stabilizing gadget could be reclassified as an SBR. The house owners might take away the brace and modify it so it can’t be reattached to the rifle, change the brief barrel with a 16-inch barrel, destroy the firearm, flip it in to the ATF, or register the firearm with the ATF as an SBR. The gun proprietor could be granted a $200 tax price forbearance. Gun house owners may have till Might 31, 2023, to return into compliance with the brand new rule.

Gun house owners, hear me loud and clear:

We’re preventing for you and your Second Modification freedoms—and we’ll by no means quit. pic.twitter.com/0LfUslyEwM

— Rep. Andrew Clyde (@Rep_Clyde) January 30, 2023

Non-compliance is a selection, but when a gun proprietor is caught with a firearm not in compliance, then the proprietor might resist 10 years in federal jail for an NFA violation.

“Subsequent week, I’ll reintroduce the Cease Harassing Homeowners of Rifles At present Act, or the SHORT Act, to repeal components of the Nationwide Firearms Act, thereby prohibiting the ATF from registering and banning pistols with stabilizing braces,” Rep Clyde mentioned on the Home Flooring. “Moreover, as quickly because the ATF’s illegal rule is printed to the Federal Register, I’ll introduce a decision of disapproval below the Congressional Overview Act to override the Biden administration’s illegal overreach.”

The Congressional Review Act (CRA) permits Congress to nullify laws enacted by authorities businesses. The CRA requires a joint decision inside 60 legislative working days after Congress receives the report from an company.

Clyde has plans to problem the ATF’s pistol brace rule utilizing the CRA and said that Congress is “placing the ATF on discover.”

The CRA requires a easy majority in Congress to disapprove a regulation. The CRA is immune from being filibustered within the Senate, which means that solely 51 Senators should signal on to kill a rule. There may be sufficient assist within the Home to make use of the CRA to close down the ATF’s new rule, which many within the gun neighborhood see as a Draconian regulation.

The true battle will likely be within the Senate, the place there are 48 Democrats, 49 Republicans, and three Independents. All three independents caucus with the Democrats, making it the bulk occasion. Even when all Senate Republicans vote to make use of the CRA to void the ATF rule, two different Senators will should be satisfied.

Though most within the gun neighborhood really feel that the true resolution is to repeal the NFA or dissolve the ATF, these choices will not be doable below the present political local weather. The SHORT Act can be an extended shot, however reintroducing payments builds assist over time.

Utilizing the CRA to close down the ATF’s overreaching invoice is an actual chance, however it is going to require the gun neighborhood to press their Senators and Representatives to get on board.

About John Crump

John is a NRA teacher and a constitutional activist. John has written about firearms, interviewed folks of all walks of life, and on the Structure. John lives in Northern Virginia along with his spouse and sons and could be adopted on Twitter at @crumpyss, or at www.crumpy.com.