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For years, the ATF allowed unrestricted use of the braces, invented for use by handicapped target shooters, but under Biden moved to ban or regulate them. The White House claimed they are “weapons of war” though only two “mass shootings” have involved the guns, which are typically used for target shooting and hunting.
An estimated 3 million to 20 million are in use, and making the changes could cost owners a total of some $2 billion over 10 years, said the court.
The ATF rule kicked in this year and the agency gave owners a few months to comply and skip the tax. But just about 250,000 decided to register their guns, a far worse compliance rate than expected.
Paul Bedard
August 2, 2023
Judges pistol-whip Biden ATF over gun grab overreach
So, between 1% and 8% registered their guns. Whoever expected more than that is severely out of touch with reality. That is typical in the U.S. and Canada, and probably elsewhere as well.
As has been pointed out elsewhere, if the feds create a rule criminalizing previously legal actions, and asking people to register, the obvious question is what will happen with those registration forms. Will they be filed to show compliance with the new “rule”? Or will they be used as evidence against you?
Given the general bad faith of the feds, not registering is prudent. And besides, the 5th Amendment supports this. Come to think of it, I remember hearing about a SCOTUS precedent that gun registration laws don’t apply to felons for that same reason.
Yes, cause we all know were just felons that haven’t been caught yet.
And ya, that whole thing of making it mandatory to sign a government form under the “penalty of perjury”. Is demanding you wave your 5A right against self-incrimination.
As the form will be used against you in court if you lied.
What the judge told me to get me out of his court in 1980 was that signing a form wasn’t consider a wavier of 5A till it was used against you in court.
Wasn’t fast enough to answer him. But does that mean it can be excluded from evidence at that time? Cause I have a right to not incriminate myself. To not be held as a witness against myself. Confessions cannot be forced.
It’s a real shit-slope for government.
Really changes how one files one’s tax forms, don’t it?
All I was talking about was having to sign my driver’s license application form.
This was never discussed in either Constitutional Law or in Criminal Procedure classes in Law School when Fifth Amendment Right against self incrimination was discussed.. It DEFINITELY wasn’t discussed in Income Tax.
I expect that, based on Evidence class, that when it comes time to use the document signed under penalty of perjury, it will be considered a waiver, and a “Statement against Interest.”, which means it is stronger evidence than some denial you made in court or at another time.
Well then wouldn’t I have to be Miranda-ed. And asked if I understand that I’m incriminating myself and I want to willingly waive my right not to be held as a witness against myself?
I can see why they didn’t address that in law school. And was truly a precious moment in my life watching a judge with his head in his hands trying to figure a way to get me out of his courtroom without telling me what I wanted to hear.
Another question is since nothing can be construed against me for standing on the 5A.
How can they deny one a license for not signing their form?
Shit-slope indeed!.
This was never discussed in either Constitutional Law or in Criminal Procedure classes in Law School when Fifth Amendment Right against self incrimination was discussed.. It DEFINITELY wasn’t discussed in Income Tax.
I expect that, based on Evidence class, that when it comes time to use the document signed under penalty of perjury, it will be considered a waiver, and a “Statement against Interest.”, which means it is stronger evidence than some denial you made in court or at another time.
In any event, agency law has different and more lax rules for the government, because it is only (heh) agency law, and not the courts.
And what’s that old book? Seven Felonies a Day?
It’s easier to prosecute an unwitting criminal than a pro.
Three Felonies a Day.
How the Feds Target the Innocent.
Harvey Silverglate and Alan Dershowitz.
Although who knows. Twelve years later, it might be Seven Felonies a Day.
Bidenflation.
It’s not just for Bidenbucks any more.
One thing that is seldom mentioned is the vast numbers of unregistered guns existing in European countries with oppressive gun control regimes. This seems to be especially true in France. Mostly left over from WW2 or acquired from the black market. The vast number of weapons supplied to Ukraine will find their way into the black market too.
What’s the joke about why does Grandpa pour oil in his flowerbed? To keep his garden from rusting.
Ya, I think the term our forefathers used was absolutism.
And we know how that worked out.
Thoughtful people now understand that government overreach needs to be answered with noncompliance.