Wonder when the next mass shooting will be? It's been a whole week since the last one...what's going on?
Ok, so there's so many guns in the US it wouldn't be hard to get hold of one if you felt inclined, but ffs, just goes to show the powers that be aren't the slightest bit interested in the slightest bit of gun control!

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Justice Dept. leaves in place ruling that deregulates silencers, shotguns and certain rifles

Some Americans can now possess short-barreled rifles, shotguns and silencers without registering them with the federal government, after the Trump administration declined to pause a Texas judge's ruling issued earlier this month that deregulated those weapons.

The Aug. 5 ruling by U.S. District Judge James Wesley Hendrix of the Northern District of Texas gave the Justice Department a one-week deadline to request a stay before his ruling went into effect.

That deadline expired at midnight on Thursday.

"Today, our government is failing us," said Kris Brown, the president of the gun-control group Brady. "At midnight, uniquely lethal weapons and devices — including silencers, short-barreled rifles, and shotguns — were deregulated for the first time in nearly a century."...

The Gun Owners of America and Silencer Shop celebrated the Justice Department's decision not to seek a stay of the ruling on Thursday by announcing that two of its members had "lawfully acquired suppressors without complying with the currently enjoined registration requirements of the National Firearms Act of 1934."

"This marks the first time since the NFA was enacted on June 26, 1934, that Americans can lawfully acquire suppressors without complying with the federal registration scheme. Our victory went into effect at 12:01 A.M. CT and we notified ATF and DOJ that we intended to conduct the first unregistered suppressor transfer in 92 years," the group added.

It is unclear whether the Justice Department will ultimately appeal the court's order.

Attorney General Todd Blanche, in his written responses to questions from senators ahead of his confirmation, addressed several questions about his personal beliefs on firearms regulations.

In one response to the questions, he wrote: "I defer to the measured judgment of Congress on whether the NFA should be repealed or weakened. The Department's duty is to defend the constitutionality of the laws passed by this body."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/justice-dept-silencer-shotgun-texas-ruling/