{"id":162181,"date":"2022-04-11T14:53:45","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T18:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=162181"},"modified":"2022-04-11T14:53:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T05:03:24","slug":"breaking-biden-announces-nationwide-ghost-gun-ban-nominates-new-atf-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/breaking-biden-announces-nationwide-ghost-gun-ban-nominates-new-atf-director\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Biden Announces Nationwide &#8216;Ghost Gun&#8217; Ban, Nominates New ATF Director"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" title=\"BREAKING: Biden Announces Nationwide 'Ghost Gun' Ban, Nominates New ATF Director\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/biden-1.jpg\" alt=\"BREAKING: Biden Announces Nationwide 'Ghost Gun' Ban, Nominates New ATF Director\" class=\"wp-image-162183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/biden-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/biden-1-400x240.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/biden-1-150x90.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/biden-1-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption><em>Biden is making good on his promise to the anti-gun lobby. (Photo: Gage Skidemore, Public Domain) <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>President Joe Biden today announced a final rule that bans certain homemade firearms kits (otherwise known as \u201cghost guns\u201d) by redefining the term \u201cfirearm\u201d under federal law. He also named a new nominee to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new rule, which was first proposed in May of last year, will require manufacturers and sellers of homemade firearms \u201ckits\u201d to obtain a federal firearms license and conduct background checks on all sales, among other regulations, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2022\/04\/11\/fact-sheet-the-biden-administration-cracks-down-on-ghost-guns-ensures-that-atf-has-the-leadership-it-needs-to-enforce-our-gun-laws\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"breaking-biden-announces-nationwide-ghost-gun-ban-nominates-new-atf-director\" title=\"BREAKING: Biden Announces Nationwide 'Ghost Gun' Ban, Nominates New ATF Director\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">White House<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It will also require gun dealers to serialize all firearms they obtain, redefine the term \u201cframe or receiver\u201d to incorporate split-receiver firearms like the AR-15, and force gun dealers to retain all gun sale records and turn them over to the ATF when they go out of business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Shooting Sports Foundation is \u201cmonitoring the submission\u201d of the final rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/lawmakers-smash-atf-calls-new-frame-and-receiver-rule-deeply-flawed\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"breaking-biden-announces-nationwide-ghost-gun-ban-nominates-new-atf-director\" title=\"BREAKING: Biden Announces Nationwide 'Ghost Gun' Ban, Nominates New ATF Director\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lawmakers Smash ATF, Calls New Frame and Receiver Rule \u2018Deeply Flawed\u2019<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNSSF will review the Final Rule carefully to see if DOJ listened and took into consideration the industry\u2019s comments that were submitted. As proposed, this rule radically alters the manufacturing and compliance processes for manufacturers of traditional firearms, not just the making of incomplete, unfinished parts Congress has not chosen to regulate,\u201d the group said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is the final rule:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ATF has posted the final rule. Clock is not turned on until appears in Federal Register <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Pfu6h2Jwl4\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"breaking-biden-announces-nationwide-ghost-gun-ban-nominates-new-atf-director\" title=\"BREAKING: Biden Announces Nationwide 'Ghost Gun' Ban, Nominates New ATF Director\">https:\/\/t.co\/Pfu6h2Jwl4<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NSSF?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"breaking-biden-announces-nationwide-ghost-gun-ban-nominates-new-atf-director\" title=\"BREAKING: Biden Announces Nationwide 'Ghost Gun' Ban, Nominates New ATF Director\">@NSSF<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ATFHQ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"breaking-biden-announces-nationwide-ghost-gun-ban-nominates-new-atf-director\" title=\"BREAKING: Biden Announces Nationwide 'Ghost Gun' Ban, Nominates New ATF Director\">@ATFHQ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Larry Keane (@lkeane) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lkeane\/status\/1513575659523932163?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"breaking-biden-announces-nationwide-ghost-gun-ban-nominates-new-atf-director\" title=\"BREAKING: Biden Announces Nationwide 'Ghost Gun' Ban, Nominates New ATF Director\">April 11, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote> \n\n\n\n<p>In addition, the president named Steve Dettelbach as his nominee for the Director of the ATF. Dettelbach currently serves as the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and the White House claims he has a \u201cproven track record of working with federal, state, and local law enforcement to fight violent crime and combat domestic violent extremism and religious violence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The NSSF expressed \u201csignificant concerns\u201d about Dettelbach\u2019s background as well as some of his public statements. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Everytown for Gun Safety issued a statement supporting both of Biden&#8217;s moves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGhost guns look like a gun, they shoot like a gun, and they kill like a gun, but up until now they haven\u2019t been regulated like a gun,\u201d said John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for Gun Safety. \u201cWe applaud the Biden-Harris Administration for doubling down on its commitment to gun safety by taking action to rein in ghost guns and nominating an ATF Director who will end its culture of complicity with the gun industry. Steve Dettelbach will be the strong leader the ATF needs to lead a top-to-bottom overhaul of the agency, and we urge the Senate to swiftly confirm him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/ghost-gunner-3-0-receivers-in-your-home-shot-show-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"breaking-biden-announces-nationwide-ghost-gun-ban-nominates-new-atf-director\" title=\"BREAKING: Biden Announces Nationwide 'Ghost Gun' Ban, Nominates New ATF Director\">Gun Control is Dead! Ghost Gunner 3 Makes 0% Receivers In Your Home \u2014 SHOT Show 2022<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Dettelbach is a Democrat who has been endorsed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.everytown.org\/press\/everytown-for-gun-safety-action-fund-endorses-steve-dettelbach-for-ohio-attorney-general\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"breaking-biden-announces-nationwide-ghost-gun-ban-nominates-new-atf-director\" title=\"BREAKING: Biden Announces Nationwide 'Ghost Gun' Ban, Nominates New ATF Director\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Everytown for Gun Safety<\/a>. During his failed run for Ohio Attorney General, he <a href=\"https:\/\/news.wosu.org\/news\/2018-03-02\/attorney-general-candidates-take-different-paths-on-guns-and-school-safety\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"breaking-biden-announces-nationwide-ghost-gun-ban-nominates-new-atf-director\" title=\"BREAKING: Biden Announces Nationwide 'Ghost Gun' Ban, Nominates New ATF Director\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">expressed support<\/a> for an \u201cassault weapon\u201d ban and for a ban on private firearms transfers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSomebody who is running a legitimate firearms license dealer has to run a background check to sell a weapon. You shouldn\u2019t be able to buy that exact same weapon still in the shrink wrap without having a background check it just doesn\u2019t make sense and we\u2019ve seen over and over that there\u2019s problems with it,\u201d Dettelbach said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2019, Dettelbach <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveDettelbach\/status\/1157962143435763712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1157962143435763712%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thetruthaboutguns.com%2Fwho-is-steve-dettelbach-the-man-biden-is-reportedly-considering-to-head-the-atf%2F\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"breaking-biden-announces-nationwide-ghost-gun-ban-nominates-new-atf-director\" title=\"BREAKING: Biden Announces Nationwide 'Ghost Gun' Ban, Nominates New ATF Director\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">blamed<\/a> the mass murder in El Paso on the murderer\u2019s \u201ceasy access to firearms.\u201d He\u2019s taken to Twitter on several occasions throughout the years to call for increased gun control in the wake of these and similar tragedies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">***<a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/\" campaign=\"BuySellGA_Register\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a>***<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden today announced a final rule that bans certain homemade firearms kits (otherwise known as \u201cghost guns\u201d) by redefining the term \u201cfirearm\u201d under federal law. 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