An article by Tom Knighton, published September 25 on BearingArms.com, refers to an article by David Codrea in Firearms News, which encouraged President Donald Trump to order the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) to rescind its 1989 ban on the importation of semi-automatic rifles comparable to the AR-15.
Codrea endorsed what he said is Firearms News editor-in-chief Vincent DeNiro’s idea that “President Trump (should) order the BATFE to declare all imported semi-auto rifles as ‘sporting,’ which is what these same models are considered when domestically produced.”
I disagree. Trump should not issue that order and we should not encourage the notion that the rifles are “sporting.” To explain why, some background is required.
Video commentary about this issue
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An article by Tom Knighton, published September 25 on BearingArms.com, refers to an article by David Codrea in Firearms News, which encouraged President Donald Trump to order the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) to rescind its 1989 ban on the importation of semi-automatic rifles comparable to the AR-15.
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Codrea endorsed what he said is Firearms News editor-in-chief Vincent DeNiro’s idea that “President Trump (should) order the BATFE to declare all imported semi-auto rifles as ‘sporting,’ which is what these same models are considered when domestically produced.”
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I disagree. Trump should not issue that order and we should not encourage the notion that the rifles are “sporting.” To explain why, some background is required.
Video commentary about this issue [here.](https://bearingarms.com/videos/2025/09/29/the-second-amendment-and-sporting-purposes-n1230073)
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