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Rep. Jordan:
“You were told ten years ago that the stabilizing brace does not convert a pistol into a short-barreled rifle, is that right?
Mr. Bosco:
“That is correct.”
Rep. Jordan:
“And then seven weeks ago, a 180-degree change. They now say it is just the opposite of what they told you ten years ago…your government told you this was fine, and now they have changed it.”
Mr. Bosco:
“That’s correct”
Rep. Jordan:
“When was the bill passed that changed the law?”
Mr. Bosco:
“There was no bill.”
Rep. Russell Fry (R-S.C.) touched on how the ATF is proposing a compliance regime for regulations that they aren’t operationally capable of processing.
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Rep. Fry:
“At that rate, assuming no further backlog and assuming all affected gun owners comply with the gun registration date of May 31st, it would take the ATF 78 years to process all of the pistol registration forms.”
Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) outlined how the ATF’s final rule only targets law-abiding gun owners while violent criminals who never register their illegally obtained firearms are left out.
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Rep. Perry:
“Do folks that kill other people apply for permits when getting a gun?”
Mr. Larosiere:
“Certainly not in my experience.”
Rep. Perry:
“Do criminals go out to their local gun shop and fill out the paperwork, and pray to the good lord that they’re not found out to be criminals when they purchase a gun.”
Mr. Larosiere:
“I think it would be odd for them to do that, so no.”
Rep. Nick Langworthy (R-N.Y.) broke down how arbitrary rules from the ATF which get promulgated with little warning, can create criminals out of law-abiding citizens.
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Rep. Langworthy:
“Do you think that the recent ATF rules that are allegedly meant to deter crime might be leading Americans to obtain weapons in an illegal fashion?”
Mrs. Swearer:
“In practice, that is what happens. You have law-abiding peaceable citizens who especially in the case of this pistol brace rule are sitting there with their lawfully obtained firearms and then a lot of times without their knowledge, because they’re not paying attention to what goes on in the regulatory rule-making processes, overnight they are now felons. In practice this is not directed at violent criminals, this is directed at and has the effect of creating criminals out of peaceable citizens.”