ATF would eliminate the Biden administration’s formal presumptions for identifying unlicensed firearms dealers. Gun Owners of America warns that the replacement still preserves enforcement theories that could be used against ordinary gun owners.
ATF comment periods are not popularity contests. They create the legal record that can make or break federal gun rules in court. Gun owners who stay silent hand the opposition the field.
Gun Owners of America says the ATF’s supposed rollback of Biden’s “Engaged in the Business” rule is anything but. The post GOA Says ATF Is Trying To Keep Some Parts Of Biden Admin’s ‘Engaged In The Business’ Rule appeared first on The Truth About Guns.
We got our hands on 20 of the draft versions of the rules scheduled to be published tomorrow and have already included their summaries under the relevant rules below. The rules have not yet been published for comment so the details of each rule are unclear.
Critics say Trump has not done enough for gun owners because the ATF still exists and the NFA and GCA remain law. But presidents cannot repeal statutes by executive order. The better question is what Trump has done with the authority he actually has.
The DOJ is backing away from a Biden-era rule targeting private gun sales, marking a significant shift in Second Amendment policy. The post DOJ Backs Out Of Fight To Save President Biden’s ‘Engaged In The Business’ Rule appeared first on The Truth About Guns.
Senate testimony from GOA’s Erich Pratt says the ATF has amassed nearly 1 billion firearm records, with 94 percent already digitized.
WASHINGTON, DC — The Department of Justice has moved to voluntarily dismiss its appeal in State of Texas v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, a significant step that clears the path for the ATF to revisit the controversial “Engaged in the Business” rule. The cons...
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