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May 15th, 2024, 05:38 AM #91
Re: ATF is changing the term "business" for FFL's.
As far as ATF not blocking renewals of FFLs for lack of business, my understanding is that there is an appropriations rider that prohibits ATF from revocation or nor reissuing for this reason. So ATF currently has to either deny initial issuance on this basis or find another reason to revoke or not renew once an FFL has been issued.
I do not believe that all or even the vast majority of ATF employees are bad people. However, when you have an anti-gun administration and your next promotion, performance review, or even your next pay check depends on your willingness to go a long with this agenda, you may find that many will push the boundaries in order to get that promotion, good performance review, or that next pay check.
That is part of the history that lead to the Firearm Owners Protection Act to provide more protections to gun owners from this. One ignores this prior history at their peril.
As at least one lawyer on this forum has noted, ATF employees can be very helpful and provide all sorts of guidance and advice. That is until this conflicts with a change of mind at the agency and, if you are unlucky, this quiet change of mind maybe for your prosecution.
This apparently happened to YouTube personality CRS Firearms (Matthew Hoover) who was apparently told by an ATF employee that what turned out to be, in his case, a (out of dimension to be useful drawing of a gun part on a flat) sheet of metal was not a statutory machine gun under the National Firearms Act. That is until ATF apparently changed its mind and then the employee had no memory of any conversation with CRS Firearms despite phone records documenting that there was a call with ATF. Needless to say, he was convicted without the jury hearing this advice that he apparently got from ATF.
I end with this video as it shows the scope of the proposed rule. Even ATF could not defend parts of it when the practical effect was pointed out. It is hard to believe that the wide scope of the proposed rule was not appreciated by the Biden Administration. If you or others are interested in some of the comments made (and changes made to the proposed rule that were made by ATF as a result of these comments) during the notice and comment period that resulted in the final rule, this video by GOA maybe of interest:
Last edited by Mosinshooter762; May 15th, 2024 at 05:48 AM.
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