Tyranny of the ATF

[Suppressed Poet]

That is your opinion, one that isn't backed by any caselaw. As a matter of fact, Heller established that the prefatory cause extended to all individuals who would bear arms and did not apply to militias only, and reinforced the federal government's responsibility as granted by the second amendment to regulate arms.



The Supreme Court led by your much cherished conservative majority already decided this issue that your original post is bitching about. Your belief that the ATF is acting 'tyrannically' is nothing more than your opinion; the ATF has the Second Amendment on it's side regardless of your opinion.

Part of what you said is true. All rights including the 2nd Amendment are not unlimited. The old burden of the government to implement gun control was the common use standard. Bruen took it further and says that any kind of gun control must be in the history, text, and tradition at the time the Bill of Rights was ratified. Were universal background checks and the ATF requiring FFL registration of anybody selling firearms part of the history, text, and tradition of 1791? I think not.

Edit: Also that is not my opinion. It’s the opinion of SCOTUS. Read Heller in its entirety. Justice Scalia gave a brilliant breakdown of the meaning of the 2nd amendment & a detailed historical assessment of every word. You refuse to either read or acknowledge the truth. I can’t fix stupid.