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General Category => National/Breaking News => Second Amendment => Topic started by: Elderberry on February 19, 2023, 03:58:52 pm
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Sen. John Kennedy 2/15/2023
https://www.kennedy.senate.gov/public/press-releases?id=ABAA3510-4B0D-4CEA-AE5E-6FEE521BAF11
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today joined Sen. Tedd Budd (R-N.C.) and a bicameral group of Republican colleagues in urging Attorney General Merrick Garland and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Director Steven Dettelbach to explain why the Biden administration is unfairly applying a zero-tolerance policy to gun dealers.
Some of these dealers are mom-and-pop businesses that have to close down once their licenses are revoked.
“As the Biden-Harris Administration is undoubtedly aware, the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution unequivocally states, ‘the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.’ Yet, at every turn, this Administration appears to be weaponizing its executive powers to infringe upon this constitutionally protected right,” the lawmakers wrote.
“The Biden-Harris Administration, however, believes its role is to re-write the laws written by Congress to further its radical anti-Constitutional agenda without consequence,” they continued.
“We respectfully request that the Administration immediately cease the misinterpretation of the word ‘willful’ and resume with an interpretation that corresponds with the meaning of the word and the intent of Congress,” they concluded.
Background:
• In June 2021, the Biden administration established a zero-tolerance policy for gun dealers who commit so-called "willful" violations. In defiance of the law, the administration interprets the word “willful” to include minor paperwork errors.
• The rule allows the ATF to revoke Federal Firearm License's (FFLs) for unjustifiable reasons.
• Under this policy, Biden’s ATF has created a 500% spike in FFL revocations.
The letter is available here (https://www.kennedy.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/8/2/82de5678-e30e-46d1-b611-840432e72176/379252C5D848CB4AB034ACAC376838E2.quill---letter-l8080---follow-up-letter-on-interpretation-of-willful---version-2---02-15-2023-12-04-pm.pdf).
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This is just a continuation of policy by every Democrat POTUS since Clinton.
The BATFE has been on a jihad against gun owners and firearm dealers (FFLs) since then.
Clinton eliminated a huge number of mom and pop dealers ("kitchen table dealers") who often got the FFL so they could get better prices for themselves and a few friends and a sideline business to make a little extra money.
The screws have been tightening ever since.
The whole reason the BATF had their 'F' was the NFA of '34 with its imposed "tax" on transferrable machine guns, short barreled shotguns and rifles, and what were deemed "destructive devices". That was back when they were part of the Treasury Department, collecting taxes on whiskey and cigarettes and a few guns, but now they are part of the DOJ and on a jihad against guns (and gun ownership).
Even ownership of a machine gun part is considered ownership of a machine gun under current interpretation of the law, unless it has been intentionally damaged beyond repair.
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Even ownership of a machine gun part is considered ownership of a machine gun under current interpretation of the law, unless it has been intentionally damaged beyond repair.
Not every machine gun part. Sure, "Auto Sears and 1919A4 Right Side Plates" are NFA items, but many machine gun parts kits are sold that don't contain any NFA items.
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LEAKED ATF DOCUMENTS REVEAL THE OBIDEN REGIME’S SCHEME TO CLOSE GUN STORES ACROSS THE COUNTRY
The Obiden Regime has opened a new front in their war on law-abiding gun owners.
Leaked ATF documents reveal The Regime plans to shut down gun stores across America by pursuing a “zero tolerance” policy for revoking federal firearm licenses (FFL).
This from survivethenews.com.
Gun Owners Of America (GOA) obtained these documents earlier this month which show the ATF updated its federal firearms license inspection guidance in January 2022.
The Obiden Regime previously announced in July 2021 that they would be updating the guidelines established under the Trump administration.
https://defconnews.com/2023/02/20/leaked-atf-documents-reveal-the-obiden-regimes-scheme-to-close-gun-stores-across-the-country/
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Bastards