Gunmaker sues ATF | Will feds let Tesla compete?

It Makes Guns Louder, But ATF Says It's A Silencer By Alexander R. Cohen If you can kill someone with a number two lead pencil, does that mean the pencil companies are actually in the weapons business?   Or how about Apple, if you arrange a hit via your iPhone?   The ATF is being sued for a decision only slightly more reasonable. Gun maker Sig Sauer created a product called a “muzzle brake,” which reduces the recoil when you fire the gun it’s attached to. The device makes the gun louder, the company says, but the ATF classified it as a silencer. That made it subject to heavy regulations that wouldn’t otherwise apply—and may make it difficult or impossible to sell. The reason: It is possible, by adding another part, to make the muzzle brake into a silencer. Thus, the ATF said the muzzle brake was a silencer part. Read more >   Let Tesla Compete, Say FTC Officials   By Alexander R. Cohen Is the Federal Trade Commission for a free-market economy? A recent blog post by three of its top officials could almost make you think so. The directors of the FTC’s Office of Policy Planning, Bureau of Competition, and Bureau of Economics have a message for state regulators: Let Tesla compete!   Read more >   GOP Civil War Book Discussed On Radio Show This past Sunday Ed Hudgins was a guest on the Bob Zadek radio show. Ed was discussing his new book The Republican Party's Civil War: Will Freedom Win? You can listen to the radio show here.   The Atlas Society 1001 Connecticut Ave, NW Suite 830 Washington, D.C. 20036 (800) 374-1776 (202) 296-7263  Fax: (202) 296-0771 tas@atlassociety.org www.atlassociety.org               ATLAS SUMMIT 2014 Early bird rates end 5/14/2014

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