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Proposed Rule Redefining Gun Dealers Could Cover Nearly All Private Sales
ATF head Steve Dettelbach wants to declare every private citizen a "Gun Dealer," essentially eliminating private sales.
Crediting last year’s poorly-thought-out Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA), the U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday announced its highly anticipated new proposed rule that seems to leave enough up to ATF interpretation that just about any American selling a firearm could be considered a “gun dealer.”
In announcing the new rule, Steve Dettelbach, head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, blamed those Americans lawfully selling firearms in private sales—something that has been legal since before our nation was founded—for the necessity of yet another gross overreach by the Biden Administration.
Taken to its furthest extent, it seems that the 108-page rule leaves just enough up for ATF interpretation—likely not an accident—that it could cover just about anyone selling any firearm anywhere in the nation. The rule lists four pages of circumstances by which a person would be considered to be “engaged in the business,” the first of which simply is, “sells or offers for sale firearms, and also represents to potential buyers or otherwise demonstrates a willingness and ability to purchase and sell additional firearms.”
The proposed rule then states: “Any one or a combination of the circumstances above gives rise to a presumption in civil and administrative proceedings that the person is engaged in the business of dealing in firearms and must be licensed under the GCA.”
Proposed Rule Redefining Gun Dealers Could Cover Nearly All Private Sales
ATF head Steve Dettelbach wants to declare every private citizen a "Gun Dealer," essentially eliminating private sales.
Crediting last year’s poorly-thought-out Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA), the U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday announced its highly anticipated new proposed rule that seems to leave enough up to ATF interpretation that just about any American selling a firearm could be considered a “gun dealer.”
In announcing the new rule, Steve Dettelbach, head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, blamed those Americans lawfully selling firearms in private sales—something that has been legal since before our nation was founded—for the necessity of yet another gross overreach by the Biden Administration.
Taken to its furthest extent, it seems that the 108-page rule leaves just enough up for ATF interpretation—likely not an accident—that it could cover just about anyone selling any firearm anywhere in the nation. The rule lists four pages of circumstances by which a person would be considered to be “engaged in the business,” the first of which simply is, “sells or offers for sale firearms, and also represents to potential buyers or otherwise demonstrates a willingness and ability to purchase and sell additional firearms.”
The proposed rule then states: “Any one or a combination of the circumstances above gives rise to a presumption in civil and administrative proceedings that the person is engaged in the business of dealing in firearms and must be licensed under the GCA.”