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"As you may recall, the comment period for the proposed rule change (known as 41p) ended on December 9th of 2013 and since then we have all been waiting anxiously for the ATF to provide information about the number of valid comments submitted.
This is important because, as part of the federal administrative rulemaking process, the ATF must respond to all valid comments in writing prior to moving on to the final rulemaking process.
The ATF told the ASA that there were an astonishing 9,504 comments received. However, approximately 1,000 of these were disqualified for vulgarity, anonymity, or non-applicability. That still leaves around 8,500 comments, almost all of which were opposed to one or more aspects of the rulemaking.
Because of the extraordinary number of comments in opposition to the proposed rule, the ATF stated that they anticipate it will take at least a year before they will be able to move on to the final rulemaking process."
I don't know how long ATF will be held off, or what new skullduggery they'll eventually come out with, but for now they are temporarily at bay.
ETA: And for the record---- My comments were "applicable", not anonymous, and (though it took massive restraint on my part) non-vulgar.LOL 
"As you may recall, the comment period for the proposed rule change (known as 41p) ended on December 9th of 2013 and since then we have all been waiting anxiously for the ATF to provide information about the number of valid comments submitted.
This is important because, as part of the federal administrative rulemaking process, the ATF must respond to all valid comments in writing prior to moving on to the final rulemaking process.
The ATF told the ASA that there were an astonishing 9,504 comments received. However, approximately 1,000 of these were disqualified for vulgarity, anonymity, or non-applicability. That still leaves around 8,500 comments, almost all of which were opposed to one or more aspects of the rulemaking.
Because of the extraordinary number of comments in opposition to the proposed rule, the ATF stated that they anticipate it will take at least a year before they will be able to move on to the final rulemaking process."
I don't know how long ATF will be held off, or what new skullduggery they'll eventually come out with, but for now they are temporarily at bay.
ETA: And for the record---- My comments were "applicable", not anonymous, and (though it took massive restraint on my part) non-vulgar.LOL
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