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aletheuo137

ATF Revokes License of Gun Manufacturer Following Lawsuit
« on: March 31, 2022, 12:47:16 PM »
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changemyoil66

Re: ATF Revokes License of Gun Manufacturer Following Lawsuit
« Reply #1 on: March 31, 2022, 04:34:10 PM »
ET's success have been minimal this year, so theyre looking for success stories to capitalize on.

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WTF?Shane

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« Reply #2 on: March 31, 2022, 05:29:25 PM »
The link says I need to create an account to read more.

Could you copy and paste the article in this thread?
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changemyoil66

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« Reply #3 on: March 31, 2022, 05:53:32 PM »
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aletheuo137

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« Reply #4 on: March 31, 2022, 07:05:09 PM »
It wouldn't let me cut and paste.

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Flapp_Jackson

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« Reply #5 on: March 31, 2022, 07:54:08 PM »
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pacwire

Re: ATF Revokes License of Gun Manufacturer Following Lawsuit
« Reply #6 on: April 01, 2022, 01:26:12 PM »
Gun control advocates are directing their efforts toward a lawsuit involving Chicago after they scored a win Wednesday when the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) announced it would revoke the license of a Nevada-based gun manufacturer targeted in another lawsuit.

In what the organization Everytown for Gun Safety calls a "first-of-its-kind victory," the ATF issued a notice of license revocation to J.A. Industries, the successor company of now-bankrupt Jimenez Arms, for illegal trafficking of cheap guns.

Wednesday's win could pave the way for not only stricter application processes but for other lawsuits that Everytown is engaged in, like one filed against Indiana-based gun dealer Westforth Sports over the alleged sale of hundreds of illegal firearms that have been trafficked into Chicago.


In 2020, Kansas City, Missouri, filed a lawsuit against Jimenez Arms alleging the manufacturer contributed to gun trafficking in the city. But shortly after the suit was filed, Jimenez declared bankruptcy and obtained a new federal firearms license in the same city.

In response, Everytown Law, the litigation arm of the Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund, filed a lawsuit, along with the state of Illinois and the city of Kansas City, against the ATF for granting J.A. Industries the firearms license. The suit accused the company's owner of misleading the ATF in licensing applications and sought a court order reversing the federal regulator's initial decision to issue the reorganized company a license.

Data from a five-year period, from 2016 to 2020, shows that the AFT denied only 0.1 percent of the applications received.
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Flapp_Jackson

Re: ATF Revokes License of Gun Manufacturer Following Lawsuit
« Reply #7 on: April 01, 2022, 01:40:24 PM »
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The company was originally founded as Jennings Firearms in 1978, by Bruce Jennings,
son of firearms designer George Jennings – who himself founded the now-defunct
Raven Arms company in 1970. After Jennings Firearms went bankrupt, the company
evolved into Bryco Arms and continued producing so-called ‘Saturday Night Special’
pistols. In turn, Bryco declared bankruptcy in 2003 in the wake of its own lawsuit troubles.
Bryco’s factory foreman, Paul Jimenez, bought Bryco in 2004 and renamed it after himself.
Jimenez moved manufacturing operations from California to Nevada in 2006 where it has
continued cranking out inexpensive guns ever since.

https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2020/02/27/jimenez-arms-bankrupt/
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Flapp_Jackson

Re: ATF Revokes License of Gun Manufacturer Following Lawsuit
« Reply #8 on: April 01, 2022, 02:04:30 PM »
The law that made it illegal to import "Saturday Night Special" (SNS) handguns was racist and short-sighted.

1)  Most purchasers of the cheap, lightweight, small caliber handguns were low-income people in mostly poor minority areas.  When people went out on Saturday night, they'd feel the need to be armed for protection.  Most shootings in those areas were with these cheap guns, and often on weekends when people were drunk, high and hanging out in clubs.  Hence the nickname.

2)  Since the guns were usually in the .22 - .32 caliber range, the wounds were often superficial and non-life-threatening.  The vast majority of those shot survived.

3)  When the Gun Control Act of 1968 banned the importation of these SNS guns, the supply was immediately effected.  Those buying handguns for protection were forced to opt for the more expensive, and more effective, 9mm guns.  With that single change in the law, the number of fatalities skyrocketed.  As another side-effect, people and families who relied on a cheap option for home protection could not afford a 9mm.  They were priced out of the market, and effectively their Constitutional rights.

The question is still, did it make any sense to target a specific category of firearms for banning simply because they are a common factor in the number of shootings observed?

Just because a firearm is popular, affordable and prolific is not a good reason to ban it -- but that's why gun control groups target them.  Ban the most-owned gun in the US (like AR-15 and AK style rifles), and they make the largest dent possible in legal gun ownership.  Once that's done, they then target the next-most-owned type.  And so on.

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Today, Saturday Night Specials are no longer a hot topic in the national firearms debate.
However, the history may nonetheless be relevant to modern firearms law observers for
several reasons.

First, the history of Saturday Night Special restrictions raises questions about gun
restrictions that appear to target a certain class of gun user. As scholars and advocates
seek to emphasize the history of gun control as a tool of racial discrimination, the saga of
the Saturday Night Special may serve as a compelling case study. A recent Supreme Court
amicus brief filed by Black Guns Matter in support of the petitioners in New York State Rifle
& Pistol Association v. Bruen explored this line of argument, describing Saturday Night Special
restrictions as “one more thread in [the] deeply discriminatory tapestry” of American gun law
history:

"This unspoken intent [to exclude ‘unsavory’ groups from owning firearms] seeped
into the federal regulation of firearms by 1968, following the assassinations of
Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr… [t]he new federal laws targeted
so-called “Saturday Night Specials,” which were small affordable handguns
popularized in African American and minority communities. (citation omitted)

It is difficult to escape the conclusion that the “Saturday night special” is emphasized
because it is cheap and is being sold to a particular class of people.’” (citation omitted).
https://firearmslaw.duke.edu/2021/08/the-continuing-relevance-of-the-saturday-night-special/
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