ATF claims Administrative Procedures Act exemption for proposed ammo ban notice

By Patriot Outdoor News

Keeping and bearing arms that are restricted from possession by the people is not the only exemption ATF is claiming.

A spokesperson for the Bureau of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives told Gun Rights Examiner Wednesday afternoon that ATF’s recent ammunition ban proposal is not required to be published in the Federal Register. That claim was in answer to a query after determining ATF’s notice does not appear in the government’s official journal, and further noting a Wednesday Reuters report that a tangentially-related lack of rulemaking publication was given by a Texas judge as his reason for blocking the …read more