The real question, as I see it, is whether or not the ATF can changes the rules and make something criminal when it is not given that authority within the statute at issue.
That goes to the heart of Form 4473, question 11.a.
If the Justices believe that such a power is not within the law, as written, then the case should never have been brought and form 4473 will have to be changed. It is instructive that from 1968 until 1994, this Government viewed the entire thing in the manner the petitioner is requesting. It was only in the last 20 years, that this ATF changed how things should work.
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