UPDATE>Jensen v. ATF
FACTS> CLICKBAIT.
There’s a lot of misinformation circulating about the recent NDTX ruling in Jensen v. ATF; including a headline claiming, “ATF is Furious and We Are Planning Brutal Revenge on Gun Owners.”
The source? You guessed it: unnamed anonymous sources. It’s completely FALSE.
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**More importantly – ATF respects the Court’s ruling and the rule of law. We are following the order and will not take enforcement action against protected parties inconsistent with that ruling. We are working diligently on clear guidance. Getting it RIGHT matters more than getting it out fast.
That means carefully navigating federal and state laws so that manufacturers, FFLs, and law-abiding gun owners aren’t left with legal problems – today or under a future administration.
Thank you for your patience as we focus on developing the guidance. It will be posted online as soon as we are done. The American public and the 2A community deserve facts NOT clickbait.
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On August 28th the ATF Director, Robert Cekada, posted the above in response to growing noise in the firearms community about the follow on results of Jensen v. ATF. Cekada has expressed support for firearms owners and removing burdensome regulations that produce no demonstrable results on reducing the violent or unintentionally tragic misuse of firearms.
Cekada has been very good for firearms owners. There can be no doubt there. We applaud his efforts and his leadership of the agency thus far and the improvements in items like NFA Form Wait times and the updates to digital services and regulations.
However, FFLs around the nation are still rudderless in this new NFA ocean. All the ‘guidance’ thus far given has been from private sources, plaintiffs or legal teams involved in or close to the case. All of those guidances need to be treated with the grains of salt they warrant.
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Each day that passes means more formless silencer transfers. It increases the normalcy and makes it harder to reverse. All of those things have merit in ending the NFA. But it also means that the guidance the ATF provides is likely to be very piecemeal, divided by the state regulations. It is unknown what leverage the ATF will have to compel states like Michigan to amend their laws to the new federal standard.
In short, this silence after the director’s promise is speaking volumes. And the silence is saying this is far from over yet. There is a lot of work yet to be done.
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