ATF whistleblowers sound alarm on Biden admin proposal that effectively bans private gun sales: report

Fox News ^ | 2/01/24 | Emma Colton, William La Jeunesse

[Libloather]

Whistleblowers at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) are sounding the alarm on a reported 1,300-page draft document that allegedly justifies a proposed rule that would effectively ban private gun sales, according to a watchdog group.

"The fact that inside ATF sources are blowing the whistle on this draft rule is an indication of what a difficult position it would put the ATF in. ATF agents did not sign up to go after law-abiding citizens for private sales protected under the Second Amendment of the Constitution," Tristan Leavitt, president of watchdog group Empower Oversight, said in a press release Wednesday.

The group sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and ATF Director Steven M. Dettelbach on Wednesday morning to demand answers and documents about whistleblower claims that the agency is preparing to propose a rule requiring background checks for most, or even all, gun sales.

The letter details that the group learned through "two sources in the ATF that at the direction of the White House, the ATF has drafted a 1,300-page document in support of a rule that would effectively ban private sales of firearms from one citizen to another by requiring background checks for every sale."

The letter comes after the Biden administration advocated for stricter gun control, including in August when the ATF introduced ATF2022R-17. Otherwise known as "Definition of ‘Engaged in the Business’ as a Dealer in Firearms," that proposed rule would amend the agency’s regulations and incorporate provisions of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, a gun control law signed by President Biden in 2022.

The watchdog reported that the current draft document is reportedly being overseen by Senior Policy Counsel Eric Epstein, who previously worked as the Phoenix field office’s division counsel in a precursor operation to "Fast and Furious."

[Libloather]

They want 'em bad.

[kiryandil]

“laws” from an illegitimate junta.

[verum ago]

ATF agents did not sign up to go after law-abiding citizens for private sales protected under the Second Amendment of the Constitution

While I appreciate the whistle-blowing, I'm somewhat disbelieving of the above statement.

[Paal Gulli]

You’re late.

Biden gun rule being drafted to effectively ban private sales: ATF whistleblowers

01/31/2024 1:22:27 PM PST · by Paul46360 · 31 replies
New York Post ^ | 1-31-24

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4214162/posts

ATF preparing to regulate private gun sales with background check, whistleblower group alleges

01/31/2024 6:13:51 AM PST · by MtnClimber · 26 replies
Just the News ^ | 31 Jan, 2024 | John Solomon

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4214069/posts

By failing to search before you post, you are trivializing the work of those who posted the same topic before you, as well as those who contributed to those earlier threads.

[Myrddin]

ATF is clearly going rogue. It's time to cut their budget severely or remove ATF entirely. It is not their place to create backroom bureaucratic "legislation". Their role should be strictly limited to law as passed by both houses of Congress and signed off by the sitting President. No more in-house invented and internally adjudicated "regulations".

[FlyingEagle]

Meanwhile Biden selling mil spec arms to Cartels and green light for Cartel drug running in USA plus human trafficking.

[sauropod]

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[LibertyWoman]

Who the hell are you? The thread police? Those were posted yesterday. iirc, in the rules, articles can be reposted after a certain amount of time has passed. Plenty of people haven't seen it.

[Chad C. Mulligan]

"ATF agents did not sign up to go after law-abiding citizens for private sales protected under the Second Amendment of the Constitution,". . . . . .

Unfortunately a lot of them did. Especially those selected by the three Obama administrations.

[Chad C. Mulligan]

"ATF agents did not sign up to go after law-abiding citizens for private sales protected under the Second Amendment of the Constitution,". . . . . .

Unfortunately a lot of them did. Especially those selected by the three Obama administrations.

[Chad C. Mulligan]

Duplicate post. . . . Sorry.

[TigersEye]

To: EveningStar

We generally don’t consider it duplicate if more than 4 hours have gone by. Especially if there is activity on the thread.

11 posted on 5/7/2013, 11:19:49 AM by Admin Moderator

[Admin Moderator]

We generally don’t consider it duplicate if more than 4 hours have gone by. Especially if there is activity on the thread.

[Lowell1775]

Bkmrk

[USAF1985]

First…I lost my guns in a boating accident.
Second…it is long past time to become ungovernable.
I will sell to whomever I want.

[jmaroneps37]

“ATF whistleblowers sound alarm on Biden admin proposal that effectively bans private gun sales: report” which will last about 15 minutes.
This is a fundraiser move.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

How did that ban work for Prohibition of alcohol!
Such a ban will mean that Americans will no longer have respect for ANY gun laws and will proceed to get their guns anyway they can, even from ships unloading crates of full auto firearms off shore in the dark.

Remember the Japanese man who just a few years ago used a homemade firearm to commit murder? Firearms are easy to make. The hardest part is assembling the tools to do it with.

[SunkenCiv]

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