This Week in Guns 459 – The ATF Takes Center Stage in Pants Shiddoff

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Key Points: - ATF's shifting policies and leadership changes signal potential impacts on gun regulations, with mixed reactions from the community. - The debate over the 1986 machine gun ban highlights ongoing tensions between historical legislative intent and current interpretations of Second Amendment rights. - Economic struggles and potential mismanagement lead to the downfall of Florida-based gun manufacturer SCCY, raising questions about the sustainability of low-cost firearm producers. Kash Removed as ATF Director Amidst Renewed ATF Shenaigans Traditional Arms: Fuddbusters and Ratman On the good side, ATF works to reverse biden-era policies on zero tolerance and pistol braces and forces out ancient lizard Richardson On the other side, they are pursuing SBR charges against a pistol brace owner and raiding a bunch of people MAF Corp: Fuddbusters States moving to ban information on building guns Iraqveteran is no longer a Gun Owner of America FFL Payments Mel Gibson is gun rights again Renowned Florida Gunmaker is Shuttered and Florida is upset with them Patriot patch Co. TWIG10 0:00 Episode introduction and guest highlights 2:36 Karl's perspective on ATF news 3:45 ATF leadership changes and potential DEA merger 5:42 Machine gun ban and Firearm Owners Protection Act 17:25 Senate bill and import considerations 21:01 Sponsor: Traditional Arms 22:42 ATF leadership and policy updates 25:12 Frame or receiver rule and recent DOJ cases 30:10 Sponsor: MAF Corporation 31:27 Second amendment politics and public understanding 34:36 National reciprocity and constitutional carry 36:57 Speculation on Brandon Herrera as ATF director 40:09 Matt Larosiere's insights from congressional hearing 42:08 Discussing ATF roles and reforms 45:10 Second amendment readings and state militias 48:19 Federal vs state government roles in gun regulation 49:32 States and online gun plans 53:20 History of homemade firearms and reactions 59:33 Mel Gibson's gun rights and Iraq Veteran 8888 controversy 1:08:09 Sponsor: fflpaymentprocessing.com 1:08:41 SCCY's tax issues and FFL status 1:20:09 Sponsor: Patriotpatch.co 1:21:26 New gun model incident and SHOT Show recap 1:30:06 Future content ideas and range experiences 1:33:00 Closing remarks