Posted on 01/19/2013 11:31:35 PM PST by Nachum
An “Open letter to all Federal Firearms Licensees” released Wednesday by Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Firearms and Explosives Industry Division Chief Chad J. Yoder fulfills one of the 23 executive actions President Barack Obama announced at Wednesday’s signing, but does so by pressuring dealers who are dependent on ATF approval for their economic survival to “volunteer,” while increasing their liability and exposure for infractions.
“Publish a letter from ATF to federally licensed gun dealers providing guidance on how to run background checks for private sellers” Obama said, not making clear he was going to be making a special effort to capture transactions between same-state residents. Current federal law requires going through an FFL if conducting a transfer between residents of different states.
The entire effort is based on the (stated) presumption that private sellers and purchasers within the same state will wish to have their transaction recorded with the federal government and pay a fee for the privilege. That the chances dangerous criminals who cause the violence problems would want to stick their heads in that noose hover between slim and none should, just at a surface glance, demonstrate the ridiculousness of such an assumption.
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Will try to read later this morning.
Yea, sure...
New York: Highest taxes in the nation. Most restrictive gun laws in the nation. Moochers have more rights there than taxpayers.
Time for conservatives and other gun owners to get out of New York and leave it for the GFW’s, moochers, democrats and other socialists.
Saw this posted yesterday and checked with a bud of mine that has a small gun shop in Texas.
As of yesterday, he has seen no letter and if he does, his response was “they could pound sand”.......
The hope here is for FFLs to advertise their ability to conduct private transfers (I imagine the larger outlets will advertise this more vocally) for the additional revenue it brings to their shops.
We all know that there are a number of FFL holders who are all about the money and the principle is secondary.
"We will soon be sending you via railway to a special camp where you will be safe. Please start to figure out now how to raise money to pay for that train ticket."
What makes you think FFL's are going to profit from this? Big "0's" intent is probably "FREE"
Are you kidding?!
Abortions should be free. Firearms and ammunition should be taxed at 10,000%!
Rally photos here:
More evidence that the instant background check system has been building a gun owner database all along, just as many of us suspected.
Hopefully, a very minor, and mostly inactive gun dealer will sue the ATF in a sympathetic federal court, asserting that an *inherently* coercive government agency cannot ask for volunteers among those regulated by it, for fear that if they refuse, they will be punished.
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