ATF classifies Chore Boy pot scrubber pads NFA firearms

[Hazcat]

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Firearms Technology Branch has deemed “Chore Boy copper cleaning pads, along with fiberglass insulation,” a firearm, subject to registration and a $200 transfer tax, an official letter obtained recently by Gun Rights Examiner reveals.  The response to an attorney inquiry by John R. Spencer, Chief, Firearms Technology Branch, offers one of the more creatively restrictive assessments since ATF declared a shoestring to be a machinegun.

The rationale Spencer uses:

A silencer is a firearm per U.S. Code, subject to National Firearms Act registration and transfer tax requirements.

“ound/gas absorbing materials manufactured from Chore Boy copper cleaning pads, along with fiberglass insulation, constitute a silencer…”


More at link

http://www.examiner.com/gun-rights-in-national/atf-classifies-chore-boy-pot-scrubber-pads-nfa-firearms

[Pecos Bill]

Say Haz, are these outstanding gentlemen at ATFE saying that a "silencer" is capable of holding and igniting a cartridge? I understand that "silencers" are regulated by the NFA but they are now firearms? I'd like to see someone demonstrate that for me.

Pecos

[tombogan03884]

It's a "Silencer component", they are illegal, just like the guy who got 3 years for having spare wipes for his  legal suppressor.