{"id":36135,"date":"2018-04-18T11:14:47","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T18:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/?p=36135"},"modified":"2018-04-18T11:23:43","modified_gmt":"2018-04-18T18:23:43","slug":"savage-stamboulieh-and-codrea-on-the-atf-and-bump-stocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/18\/savage-stamboulieh-and-codrea-on-the-atf-and-bump-stocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Savage, Stamboulieh, and Codrea on the ATF and bump stocks"},"content":{"rendered":"

David Codrea, bless his always on-the-ball self, has taken a deep dive into ATF paperwork<\/a> and surfaced again with hard questions for the infamous bureau and the Trump administration.<\/p>\n

The issue is bump stocks, the attempt to ban them — and more. David links to the original documents (FOIAed by wonder-attorney Stephen Stamboulieh) if you want to take that same dive. <\/p>\n

Note that the power of the names Savage and Stamboulieh (aided perhaps by a slight desire to dodge blame while throwing some other<\/em> fedgov agency under a bus) pulled those 700+ pages of documents out of the ATF in days<\/em>, rather than the standard months, years, or never.<\/p>\n

The crux:<\/p>\n

This is a power-grab by the executive branch that will set the tone for this and future administrations to arbitrarily change definitions, impose bans with destruction\/surrender orders and turn non-compliant citizens into felons, all while bypassing Congress.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not hard to imagine what a Democrat president would do if such power becomes the accepted norm. It’s not hard to imagine them taking full and gleeful advantage of it, with fawning media support and no shortage of appointed-for-life activist federal judges eager to rule in favor of infringements.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Many gunfolk seem willing to “give” the ATF and the antis bump stocks for the same reason Chamberlain was willing to cede chunks of Czechoslovakia<\/a> to Hitler. Peace in our time. And hey, it’s only<\/em> Czechoslovakia<\/del> bump stocks. Most people never even heard of them before Mandalay Bay. Let them go and maybe the antis will leave us alone for a while.<\/p>\n

Do we need to say that surrender wouldn’t be a good idea — even if there weren’t so much else at stake?<\/p>\n

—–<\/p>\n

I apologize to Len Savage, who saw to it that I got all the same documents David did. But I wasn’t in a good place to do anything about them (and when it comes to bureaucratic docs, I’m not sure there’s ever a good time or place).<\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

David Codrea, bless his always on-the-ball self, has taken a deep dive into ATF paperwork and surfaced again with hard questions for the infamous bureau and the Trump administration. The issue is bump stocks, the attempt to ban them — and more. David links to the original documents (FOIAed by wonder-attorney Stephen Stamboulieh) if you want to take that same dive. Note that the power of the names Savage and Stamboulieh (aided perhaps by a slight desire to dodge blame while throwing some other fedgov agency under a bus) pulled those 700+ pages of documents out of the ATF in…<\/p>\n

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