Now Obama’s Targeting Gunsmiths

By Jeff Knox

USA –-(Ammoland.com)- The Obama administration has announced new regulatory guidelines that will drive thousands of small gunsmiths out of business. This reinterpretation of existing regulations lowers the bar for what constitutes “manufacturing” of firearms and will require that any gunsmith who performs any service more involved than simply cleaning or replacing old parts with functionally identical new parts register as a firearm manufacturer and pay a $2,250 annual registration fee.

Media reports about this bureaucratic sleight of hand, primarily in the gun press, have ranged from bad to cataclysmic, and many of the reports erroneously state that the new standards are part of an executive order from the president. It’s important to understand the real threat posed by this regulatory policy shift. Exaggeration and inaccuracy only serve to confuse the matter and will lead to concerns being dismissed as paranoid hype.

Here’s what is really happening, and how it will negatively impact gunsmiths and gun owners.

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