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Posted on 05/05/2026 5:19:27 AM PDT by Twotone
The Justice Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives have announced plans to repeal or revise more than 30 federal gun regulations, completing a 50-year pendulum swing back to the Second Amendment's original, resulting in praise from one of the country's longest-standing gun-rights advocates.
“This is why America elected Donald Trump. Freedom. ATF has no business making up rules, that’s what Congress does. Blanch, Dhillon, and Cekada are setting the right course," NRA Board Member and retired Army Lt. Col. Willes K. Lee told Just The News after the DOJ and ATF made the announcement last week.
The shift is not just another regulatory rollback, its a culminating chapter in a half-century arc that began with the ATF’s transformation from a Treasury tax-enforcement bureau (pre-1972, when it was still mostly whiskey and tobacco-focused) into the aggressive regulatory federal agency it became after the 1968 Gun Control Act and especially after moved from within the Treasury Department to the Justice Department after the 9-11 terror attacks.
Among the new proposed changes is one to scrap a 2024 Biden White House rule that expanded background check requirements for gun sales at shows and other non-store venues.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche described the package as "the most comprehensive regulatory overhaul in the history" of the ATF saying it would cut red tape and restore clarity for law-abiding gun owners without weakening enforcement.
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I hope so. But all it will take is a Democrat in the White House to change it all back.
How about disband?
ATF should be a convenience store.
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“Trump looks to return ATF to original mission, gun regulation that ‘truly improves public safety’”
ATF should sponsor free firearms training, safety, and marksmanship classes around the country.
Train American Citizens to defend their own Homeland.
The work arounds to make guns legal, like the Mossberg shockwave, the Glock switches, and AR and AK pistols have made many of the rules completely useless. The short barreled rifle, sawed off shotgun, and even automatic weapon regulations are obsolete.
I have not ever understood why people pay attention to laws that infringe.
My foid card expired 10 years ago. I don’t plan on getting it renewed.
How many times have you been arrested and have all those arrests and jail sentences affected your legal relationship with guns, from carrying to mere ownership and opened you up to long prison sentences for future gun issues?
Outstanding.
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We were all thinking it.
I had to renew mine for my. CCL.
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What did we do before we had the ATF to keep us safe?
We need a bureau for apples, oranges, and pears.
And Congress has no business emitting legislation, and Presidents have no business signing legislation, that violates the Constitution.
Until the NFC, GCA, and Hughes Amendment are repealed or declared unconstitutional, BATF will be a problem.
$10,000 fine and 10 years in Federal Prison, followed by permanent convicted felon status, can be quite persuasive.
I'm sure you tell everybody about all the un-registered machine-guns, silencers, and short-barrel shoulder arms you own ... right?
Reference post # 16. Plus they will shoot your ass full of holes if you don’t.
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