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aikoaiko

(34,202 posts)
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 12:32 AM Feb 2017

What do we know about this supposed leaked ATF White Paper? Is it for real?


This is floating around the internet:

http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2017/02/foghorn/breaking-leaked-atf-memo-reveals-planned-pro-gun-moves/

BREAKING: Leaked ATF Memo Reveals Planned Pro-Gun Moves

It should be no surprise to anyone that the Trump administration’s ATF would be a kinder gentler regulator to the firearms industry. The NRA-backed pro-gun president made eliminating wasteful, useless regulations one of his key campaign promises and his extremely pro-gun son has apparently helped push him further in the right direction. Word comes today through a leaked ATF white paper exactly what kinds of pro-gun regulatory changes are coming down the road.

{I abbreviated the list}
1. New Federal Firearms License specifically for online and gun show sales.
2. Redefinition of “armor Piercing Ammunition.” Companies making and importing ammunition that
3. Lifting the M1 Garand, M1 Carbine, and M1911 Army Surplus Importation Ban.
4. Eliminating Law Letter Requirements.
5. Reversing the decision on shouldering a pistol brace enabling the mass shouldering of pistol arm braces.
6. Redefine “Sporting Purposes.”
7. Make agency rulings searchable.
8. Remove silencers from the NFA.
9. Allow interstate firearms sales at gun shows.
10. Reclassify “destructive devices” so that only the launcher, not the munition, is considered the registered “destructive device.”
11. Raise the threshold for “grey market” records reporting.
12. Eliminate “multiple gun reporting” for border states.
13. Reduce record retention requirements.
14. Allow NICS checks for non-gun purchases like running a NICS check on prospective gun store employees.

Full paper here: https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/3454608/Read-the-white-paper-on-firearms-regulations.pdf


This was supposedly written by Associate Deputy Director/Chief Operating Officer Ronald B. Turk.
https://www.atf.gov/about/executive-staff
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What do we know about this supposed leaked ATF White Paper? Is it for real? (Original Post) aikoaiko Feb 2017 OP
I never trust leaked memos. Throck Feb 2017 #1
It's just a discussions/recommendations brief - why couldn't it be real? jmg257 Feb 2017 #2
I just saw that it was originally disclosed via WaPo which makes it very credible. aikoaiko Feb 2017 #3
Ha - ya think? ... jmg257 Feb 2017 #4
Love it. Kang Colby Feb 2017 #5

jmg257

(11,996 posts)
2. It's just a discussions/recommendations brief - why couldn't it be real?
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 10:58 AM
Feb 2017

Sure enough places reporting on it.

http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/documents/national/read-the-white-paper-on-firearms-regulations/2325/

This paper serves to provide the new Administration
and the Bureau multiple options to consider and discuss regarding firearms regulations specific
to ATF. These general thoughts provide potential ways to reduce or modify regulations, or
suggest changes that promote commerce and defend the Second Amendment without
significant negative impact on ATF’s mission to fight violent firearms crime and regulate the
firearms industry. This white paper is intended to provide ideas and provoke conversation; it is
not guidance or policy of any kind.

aikoaiko

(34,202 posts)
3. I just saw that it was originally disclosed via WaPo which makes it very credible.
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 11:13 AM
Feb 2017

I had only seen it discussed on some blogs prior to seeing it in WaPo and I'm suspicious of blogs.

I just posted another OP in GD with the WaPo source.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028631006

The more I think about it, I think Ronald Turk may be positioning himself to take over the Director position.


jmg257

(11,996 posts)
4. Ha - ya think? ...
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 11:19 AM
Feb 2017
15. Need for an ATF Confirmed Director: Since moving from the Department of Treasury to
the DOJ in 2003, ATF has had only one Senate-confirmed Director. The agency needs a
presidentially nominated, Senate-confirmed Director who has the support and backing of the Administration to lead ATF. This will enable the agency to be fully in sync with leadership, and maximize the agency’s potential regarding priorities, budgets, and
support.
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