Here we ago again, compliments of the “pro-2A Trump” administration.

I noted this issue 8 months ago: A Texas state judge let a suit go forward against Academy Sports & Outdoors, for selling a long gun to an out-of-state resident (specifically: the Sutherland Springs chumbucket). The legal theory was that the sale should not have proceeded because “high capacity” (i.e.- standard) magazines are banned in the asshole’s home state of Colorado, and 18 U.S. Code § 922(a)(3) bans the interstate sale of a firearm if it isn’t lawful in both states. (Never mind that the shooter was a prohibited person whom no one bothered reporting to NICS.)

The problem with that is that magazines are not firearms. The ATF has said so repeatedly. Therefore, 18 U.S. Code § 922 doesn’t apply.

Until now. Welcome to the wonderful world of feds redefining words… again.

Trump administration: Academy Sports liable for selling gun to Sutherland Springs shooter
Now, Trump administration lawyers are trying to shift some of the attention onto Academy Sports + Outdoors, writing in a motion filed Tuesday that the retailer is liable for the massacre because the shooter purchased his gun and high-capacity magazine at one of its stores.

[chumbucket] showed a Colorado license but carried out the purchase in Texas. High-capacity magazines are illegal in Colorado.

Same argument, but now it’s the federal government, rather than plaintiffs, doing the redefinition.

How Orwellian. We have always been at war with East Asia. Magazines were always firearms.

Trump is the most anti-2A President in decades, since 1994 at least. And he has successfully imposed more restrictions than any other President, Republican or Democrat, in his two and a half years in office.

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