Thundar
Regular Member
Not advocating Long Gun Open Carry, just ******* in BATFE's Wheaties. Just sent them my thoughts on their shotgun importability study.
In the study they claim that there is no sporting purpose for grenade launchers. I disagreed with that analysis. Here is what I sent them:
Comments on The Shotgun Study – BATFE’s Flawed Analysis of Grenade Launchers and Sporting Purposes
The BATFE analysis for the determination of sporting purposes is flawed because the methodology only considered shooting sports. There are significant sporting purposes for which firearms can be readily adapted that were not considered. The study does not consider the use of firearms associated with sports in general.
TheGun Control Act of 1968 is clear in that the exception is for firearms that are readily adaptable for sporting purposes and not just those that are readily adaptable for shooting sport purposes.
A clear example of this gross deficiency in the study is the sporting use of grenade launcher mounts. These mounts are used by many, including disabled military veterans, for golfing purposes. There are readily available mechanical kits that convert a firearm’s grenade launching capability into a golf ball launching capability.
The Bloom Golf Ball Launcher allows for modified golf tournaments where driving is replaced by launching. This is important to many disabled veterans because they possess the capability to putt, but not the strength or coordination to drive a golf ball.
Firearms with grenade launcher mounts are readily adaptable to launching golf balls. The Bloom kit requires only the tightening of three set screws to install the golf ball launcher over the grenade launcher.
The BATFE is aware of the existence of the Bloom Golf Ball Launcher as a recreational device and has, in the past examined this device. On May 11, 2005 the BATFE Firearms Technology Branch rendered an opinion that the device, when attached to a firearm was a recreational device and not a weapon.
The assertion in the report that grenade launchers are not used for sporting purposes is therefore not factually correct, and is quite disturbing when there is clear and convincing evidence that the BATFE Firearms Technology Branch has known about the sporting use of Grenade Launchers for at least six years.
Most of the reasonably priced firearms with grenade launchers are foreign military surplus rifles. Disabled Military Veterans usually live on a paltry disability check from the Veterans Administration. To set a factually incorrect precedent about grenade launchers that would prevent their import and effectively preclude disabled veterans from participating in the sport of golf does not comport with the scope, purpose, intent or meaning of the Gun Control Act of 1968.
Again, the study’s analysis is fatally flawed because the methodology it uses does not consider legitimate and recognized (even by BATFE) sporting purposes outside of the shooting sports for which firearms may be readily adapted. Grenade launchers are recognized and currently used for sporting purposes. Rifles and shotguns with grenade launchers can be readily adapted to use golf ball launching kits.
In the study they claim that there is no sporting purpose for grenade launchers. I disagreed with that analysis. Here is what I sent them:
Comments on The Shotgun Study – BATFE’s Flawed Analysis of Grenade Launchers and Sporting Purposes
The BATFE analysis for the determination of sporting purposes is flawed because the methodology only considered shooting sports. There are significant sporting purposes for which firearms can be readily adapted that were not considered. The study does not consider the use of firearms associated with sports in general.
TheGun Control Act of 1968 is clear in that the exception is for firearms that are readily adaptable for sporting purposes and not just those that are readily adaptable for shooting sport purposes.
A clear example of this gross deficiency in the study is the sporting use of grenade launcher mounts. These mounts are used by many, including disabled military veterans, for golfing purposes. There are readily available mechanical kits that convert a firearm’s grenade launching capability into a golf ball launching capability.
The Bloom Golf Ball Launcher allows for modified golf tournaments where driving is replaced by launching. This is important to many disabled veterans because they possess the capability to putt, but not the strength or coordination to drive a golf ball.
Firearms with grenade launcher mounts are readily adaptable to launching golf balls. The Bloom kit requires only the tightening of three set screws to install the golf ball launcher over the grenade launcher.
The BATFE is aware of the existence of the Bloom Golf Ball Launcher as a recreational device and has, in the past examined this device. On May 11, 2005 the BATFE Firearms Technology Branch rendered an opinion that the device, when attached to a firearm was a recreational device and not a weapon.
The assertion in the report that grenade launchers are not used for sporting purposes is therefore not factually correct, and is quite disturbing when there is clear and convincing evidence that the BATFE Firearms Technology Branch has known about the sporting use of Grenade Launchers for at least six years.
Most of the reasonably priced firearms with grenade launchers are foreign military surplus rifles. Disabled Military Veterans usually live on a paltry disability check from the Veterans Administration. To set a factually incorrect precedent about grenade launchers that would prevent their import and effectively preclude disabled veterans from participating in the sport of golf does not comport with the scope, purpose, intent or meaning of the Gun Control Act of 1968.
Again, the study’s analysis is fatally flawed because the methodology it uses does not consider legitimate and recognized (even by BATFE) sporting purposes outside of the shooting sports for which firearms may be readily adapted. Grenade launchers are recognized and currently used for sporting purposes. Rifles and shotguns with grenade launchers can be readily adapted to use golf ball launching kits.