Little Noticed Provision Kills ATF Shotgun Ban Plans

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http://www.ammoland.com/2011/11/19/little-noticed-provision-kills-atf-shotgun-ban-plans/

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That sounds like good news.

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SEC. 541. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel to deny, or fail to act on, an application for the importation of any model of shotgun if–

(1) all other requirements of law with respect to the proposed importation are met; and

(2) no application for the importation of such model of shotgun, in the same configuration, had been denied by the Attorney General prior to January 1, 2011, on the basis that the shotgun was not particularly suitable for or readily adaptable

 

It seems a very easy argument is that if it does not meet the sporting purposes requirement of the law and then not "all" other requirements of law with respect to the importation are met. The second clause is "and" not "or." Unless there is more than just that language alone I'm not sure how this could be said to stop the ATF from making the decisions they have made about sporting purposes. If there is more language that makes it clear that "all other" refers to all of the other requirements besides sporting purpose that might be different.

 

The ban would have applied to all shotguns including semi-autos, pump-actions, double barrels, etc.

 

What ban was this????

 

Or is he simply trying to say that sporting clause applies to all shotguns, and thus any rule about what constitutes a sporting shotgun?

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Let's move it over to this thread. Lot's more info and the OP posted an hour before I did.

 

http://forum.saiga-12.com/index.php?/topic/72352-possible-protections-for-saiga-12-importation/