Recently, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) announced proposed changes to the rules that determine whether a person is “engaged in the business” of selling firearms. On Wednesday, the Firearms Policy Coalition released its comments on the proposed changes.
“In present form the Proposed Rule fails to account for the clear charge of Congress and, instead, greatly expands ATF’s regulatory reach—while bearing criminal implications,” argues the comments. “More, the Proposed Rule unlawfully mandates different interpretations in civil and criminal case, foolishly imposes restrictions on personal arms possessed at an FFL’s location, fails to consider important sources, unconstitutionally prohibits anonymous comments, and fails to include a federalism summary impact statement. As a result, ATF must either abandon the current rulemaking or, at…
