I am fully aware of what the deadline was, but that's not the point. The ATF dictated people register their AR pistols after it overturned itself after a decade. Now we are the ones waiting for them to get around approving the eForm 1s submitted. They are the ones who created this situation, and I will continue to place full blame on them. They overstepped their authority and we are the ones suffering.The deadline was to submit an application, not require .gov any action on that application beyond acknowledging you submitted it and they received it.
And I don't consider the tax forbearance a "gift." I still contend all AR pistols should have been declared temporarily legal SBRs once the applications were submitted. This is a clusterfuck of the highest proportions,