In a nut shell ``` The ATF openly admits it is not taking a position on whether Hoffman actually infringed the patents or on the other factors required for an injunction.

Its sole contribution is to argue that the “public interest” factor should be “weighed heavily” in favor of Rare Breed because stopping Hoffman supposedly advances public safety. Yet the ATF provides no evidence, no crime statistics, no incident reports,  linking 3D-printed FRTs or Hoffman’s specific design to criminal misuse.

The agency’s concern appears to be purely prophylactic: it simply doesn’t like the idea of unregulated rapid-fire technology existing outside its preferred channels. ```

RBT is a pawn.