And all of that is by design.

When an individual or a manufacturer can a get a "private ruling" that only applies to them and no one else so it can't be used as precedent setting evidence in any other case with the exact same circumstances, they do not operate under the rule of law as they do not have any internal rules to follow to begin with.

Their guidance on almost any issue is arbitrary, deliberately vague and many times totally lacking any logical consistency whatsoever.

They do whatever the fuck they want to do to whoever they feel deserves to be made an example of.

The agency is totally politically captured by the left, and is run and staffed with those whose real agenda is banning all firerams.