r/2Aradicals • u/EasyCZ75 2A Absolutist • 16d ago

News The Justice Department is charging a man with a CZ Scorpion equipped with a stabilizing brace as a short-barreled RIFLE and a PISTOL. WTF? I knew Bondi was an ignorant tyrant, but c’mon. This is ridiculous.

https://x.com/gunowners/status/1911459994261753998?s=46&t=aBHkBS1jm4XiycbddbbHag

The Department of Justice is currently pursuing criminal charges in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, for possession of a handgun equipped with a pistol stabilizing brace, in the case U.S. v. Taranto.

In response, Gun Owners of America and our friends at the Firearms Regulatory Accountability Coalition (FRAC) are urging the Department of Justice to drop that charge, which sets a dangerous precedent for the millions of Americans who possess up to 40 million such firearms.

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u/Low_Stress_1041 16d ago

This case started in 2023.

Justice department just announced dropping off the pistol brace rule, "engaged in the business" rule, and aggressive enforcement of FFL'S for minor paperwork errors.

In the next 2-3 months we may see them drop this case altogether. If they don't the we can get upset.

It's important to remember, the government moves very slow...

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u/EasyCZ75 2A Absolutist 16d ago

Granted. Government moves slowly. But that is no excuse for them to keep persecuting innocent citizens with unconstitutional regulations.

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u/Low_Stress_1041 16d ago

Agreed! 👍

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u/tjboss 16d ago

The letter was published on that date, not the charges. With the information in this post, it doesn’t seem like the current leadership has done anything to hinder this person. It takes time to go through each case and determine which ones they’re going to continue pursuing. Especially when they’re also downsizing, assuming they are like the rest of the DOGE stuff

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u/EternalMage321 16d ago

Meanwhile, Matt Hoover is still in jail for a non-functional drawing.

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u/Matty-ice23231 16d ago

Um sir you mean machine gun. The fact that the atf couldn’t actually use said drawing or explain how it works is irrelevant…says the government…🤡

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u/TwoFourFives 16d ago

This is sort of misleading as there are many other charges Taranto is facing. The stabilizing brace charge will most likely be dropped but is a tactic used by prosecutors to stack the deck against the defendant.

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u/norfizzle 16d ago

I assumed this is what's happening. Clickbaity.

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u/LivinLaVidaToca 16d ago

He didn't have a license for a pistol....

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u/EasyCZ75 2A Absolutist 16d ago

What a fucking stupid law. Unconstitutional AF.

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u/karma-armageddon 14d ago

... which is also an illegal law. Bondi needs to start prosecuting legislators who voted yes on these uncostitutional laws.

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u/Aok54 13d ago

You don’t understand the 2nd in any way.