In case you haven’t noticed, Washington D.C. is a sieve on a sinking ship whose life rafts have holes in them. And I’m not talking about Donald Trump. No, it’s the ATF, also known as the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explsives, aka BATFE. But they’re going with ATF, and so are we. On […]
I wrote about Silencer Shop’s kiosks a few months ago. Here’s a video that demonstrates how they work. The title of the video is a bit misleading. You don’t set up or buy an NFA firearms trust on the Kiosk, rather you initiate the government-required paperwork–your Form 4, for example– so you can use your […]
Professor Eugene Volokh posted today about a decision handed down today by the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals that answered the question on at least a few people’s minds: If I was convicted of a felony and if I’ve served my sentence, cleaned up my life, and stayed out of trouble, might I have my […]
Well, somebody’s on the ball. The people at Silencershop.com just announced some new technology they developed that will make complying with ATF 41F much easier for the responsible persons of trusts and entities to submit their fingerprints and photographs. Sometime before July 13th, when ’41F’ finally takes effect, Silencer Shop will ship out 300 fingerprint-scanning […]
Two things interest me about the two quotes below: First, that original material was written in 1764–in Italy–by Cesare Beccaria in his treatise On Crimes and Punishments. Yes, I know. It sounds like something right out of an NRA press release in response to yet another move by the [name your president] to implement by executive order more […]
I don’t think I ever posted a link to the official (or at least, the official looking) ATF 41 F as it appeared in the Federal Register. Here it is. To refresh your memory, ATF 41F affects the firearms trusts (aka gun trusts and NFA trusts). It goes into effect on July 13, 2016. Until […]
The headline in the March 22, 2016, Washington Post article says it all: “Unanimous pro-Second-Amendment stun gun decision from the Supreme Court.” Unanimous as in every justice apparently agreed with the following sentiment expressed in the per curiam opinion by the nation’s highest court. The Court has held that “the Second Amendment extends, prima facie, to […]
I just took a call from a fellow who asked a very good question: Why not use my revocable living trust as a gun trust? The short answer to that question is, “because.” But if that’s too short for you, here’s a longer version I gave him–in bullet points: Guns are not like virtually any […]
Ok, so in my first post on the Empty Chamber Indicator, I referred rather cryptically to the television production Behind the Scenes, indicating I might report back later. Well, it’s later. Yesterday I returned to my office to find a phone message from a man asking me to call Michael Alexander, the producer of Behind the Scenes, […]
For reasons I may disclose later, I was checking out the website of the TV program Behind the Scenes. I looked at some of the program’s past episodes and guests and quickly realized that Behind the Scenes keeps some good company. I was on site, however, to see what kind of journalism the program practiced. I […]