Tactical Atlas Firearm Blog

Head of ATF Can’t Tell You What an ‘Assault Weapons’ is!? ~ VIDEO

The Director of the ATF, Steve Dettelbach, could not define the term “assault weapon” during a budget hearing before a House Appropriations subcommittee.

Indianapolis Police Secretly Funneled Firearm Data To ATF For More Than 50 Years

Police admit they never obtained search warrants to test the firearms. The data was then sent to the Bureau of ATF, which used it to create an illegal gun registry...

Biden’s Attack on ‘Ghost Guns’ Fits a Pattern of Lawless Firearm Regulation

The ATF's about-face in service of Biden's gun control agenda threatened to destroy an industry that catered to DIY gun makers...

Smoke Weed Everyday …Should That Even Matter, ATF Thinks So

Many states have legalized marijuana for medical & recreational purposes, while the Fed has not. This conspicuous contradiction has not confused ATF!

Gaetz Introduces Bill to Abolish ATF; Some Sneer, Others Cheer

We're going to target the individual bureaucrats at the top of the ATF who have exceeded their authority in rulemaking. If that doesn't work, we're going to take a meat cleaver to ...ATF...

In Groundbreaking Ruling 5th Circuit Strikes Down ATF’s Bump Stock Ban

In a landmark case, every Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, struck down the ATF rule which changed the definition of a machinegun to include bump stocks.

Important Update Regarding the BATF’s Regulations on Pistol Braces

The gist of the rule is that essentially every pistol brace, when attached to a firearm, creates a short-barreled rifle (SBR) which must be registered under the National Firearms Act (NFA).

ATF Open Letter: Machinegun Dealer Sales Samples

Approving an application to transfer or import a post-86 machinegun as a sales sample, ATF needs to be satisfied that the accompanying law letter is a bona fide...

Hidden Gun Control in the 2022-23 Omnibus Bill ~ VIDEO

In addition to the Michelle Obama Trail, & several other things that many believe are a waste of money, $2 billion has been allocated to help the ATF move on gun control.

Men Sentenced to Combined 23+ Years for Selling Machine Gun & Silencer

Three men who sold a machine gun and silencer to an undercover ATF agent have been sentenced to more than 23 years in federal prison...

ATF Open Letter to FFLs to Clarify Application of “Frame or Receiver” Final Rule

Partially complete Polymer80, Lone Wolf, and similar striker-fired semiautomatic pistol frames are regulated by the Gun Control Act because they .... readily complete...

11 Face Charges, Sale of “Switches” That Turn Semi-Automatic Pistols Into Machineguns

Eleven men face drug and firearm charges, including for the sale of “switches” that turn semi-automatic pistols into fully automatic machine guns.