Thread by @RealGunLobbyist

BREAKING: 27 #SecondAmendment Caucus members provided public comments in opposition to @ATFHQ's Proposed Rule ATF 2021R-05 to:

🚫Prepare an illegal gun registry
🚫Regulate gun parts with background checks
🚫Serialize homemade firearms

🔗Link to comments:gunowners.org/wp-content/upl…

The gun owners who submitted over 60,000 comments generated by @GunOwners are very pleased to be joined by these Representatives:

@RepThomasMassie @RepBoebert @laurenboebert @TXRandy14 @RepJeffDuncan @RepScottPerry @RepChipRoy @chiproytx @RepAlexMooney @replouiegohmert & (1/3)

These members' stand for the #SecondAmendment earns applause from gun owners nationwide:

@RepTimBurchett @RepCloudTX @claudiatenney @RepMcClintock @RepGregSteube @RepWebster @RepTedBudd @RepAndyBiggsAZ @RepMarkGreen @RepJasonSmith @RepAndyHarrisMD @RepMoBrooks @MoBrooks & (2/3)

These Members of Congress are taking their oaths to uphold the Constitution seriously by standing up to the tyrants @ATFHQ:

@RepMTG @mtgreenee @RepBenCline @RepRosendale @RepHarshbarger @DougLaMalfa & @RepBobGood @GoodForCongress (3/3)

The #SecondAmendment Caucus' comment attacks the numerous problems in the Proposed Ruling, such as @ATFHQ's:

👮 blatant power grab
⚖️sidestepping of the legislative process
📝attempt to evade federal law & prepare a backdoor gun registry

The comment concludes:

"Contrary to @ATFHQ's claims that the [Proposed Rule] will “clarify” various aspects of federal gun laws, in reality the proposed rule would inject ambiguity after ambiguity into an otherwise unambiguous definition of “firearm,” which has... (1/3)

"...existed unmolested since its enactment over half a century ago.

"These changes will cause significant problems not only for the law-abiding public and the courts in trying to apply the agency’s intent instead of a statute, but also for the firearms industry… (2/3)

"By purporting to change the statute that Congress enacted, and by purporting to create entirely new federal crimes, [@ATFHQ's Proposed Rule] violates this principle & should be withdrawn in its entirety." (3/3)

Strong!!! 💪

The 27 Representatives' opposition to @ATFHQ includes sections discussing how ATF 2021R-05:

👎Is Omnibus Gun Control Legislation
👎Disregards Congress’s Definition of Frames/Receivers
👎Exceeds the Agency’s Authority
👎Violates Prohibition on a National Gun Registry

& more!