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The unfortunate truth is that since ATF is an executive agency, and Congress has delegated away states rights for firearms industry control based upon interstate commerce, Congress doesn't have to be consulted about this.
The other unfortunate thing in our system is that as long as courts tolerate constitutional infringement, they will successfully continue to infringe upon unpopular constitutionally recognized rights. There are now 22,000 infringements on the Second Amendment active in the United States. Each one passed by a city council, county board, state legislature or Congress, and each one either unchallenged or finally accepted by a court, appeals court or the Supreme Court. I personally sat in a court room while a state Superior Court judge legislated against firearm rights from the bench. He basically said that the laws were complicated, he could not make sense of them and that he would rule the way he wanted to. We did not appeal because we were aware that the legislature would pass legislation in the area during the next session. Rights are not granted by the constitution, they are recognized by it as emanating from a higher authority. Courts can infringe on that any time they wish to, as long as they are not overturned by higher courts. For Congress to act, the constitution has to be amended. Don't put this one past the gun grabbers. These knee jerk reactions "dancing in the blood of the victims" make me want to copyright the phrases "do something®", "for the children®" and "common sense®". If this sounds cynical, realize that I've been directly dealing with those that fight self defense rights for quite a while.
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