ATF: Assault Rifles Do Not Exist

By Aaron Spuler | November 28, 2018 |

A Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF) “white paper” correctly identifies “assault weapons” as a politically contrived term with no real meaning and recommends dramatic federal law revisions in how they are regulated.

Authored by ATF second-in-command Ronald Turk, the “white paper” also supports the proposed “Hearing Protection Act,” which would eliminate firearm suppressor regulations that costs the agency more than $1 million a year in overtime pay and occupy the time of 30 full-time employees despite a “lack of criminality.”

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1 Comment

  1. Big Bill on November 29, 2018 at 9:10 am

    So “Assault Weapons” don’t exist, but they need to be more tightly regulated.
    Got it.