{"id":196337,"date":"2024-01-04T09:36:56","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T15:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=196337"},"modified":"2024-01-04T09:37:14","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T15:37:14","slug":"atf-is-decisively-indecisive-on-implementing-bipartisan-safer-communities-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/atf-is-decisively-indecisive-on-implementing-bipartisan-safer-communities-act\/","title":{"rendered":"ATF is Decisively Indecisive on Implementing Bipartisan Safer Communities Act"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"689\" title=\"ATF is Decisively Indecisive on Implementing Bipartisan Safer Communities Act\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Dettlebach-1024x689.jpg\" alt=\"In Nomination Hearing, ATF Director Candidate Affirms: 'I'll use the tools Congress Gives Me'\" class=\"wp-image-164441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Dettlebach-1024x689.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Dettlebach-400x269.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Dettlebach-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Dettlebach-768x516.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Dettlebach.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">ATF Director Steven Dettelbach.  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"yoast-reading-time__wrapper\"><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-icon=\"clock\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" style=\"display:inline-block;vertical-align:-0.1em\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M12 8v4l3 3m6-3a9 9 0 11-18 0 9 9 0 0118 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__spacer\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:1em\"><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__descriptive-text\">Estimated reading time:  <\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__reading-time\">6<\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__time-unit\"> minutes<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By Larry Keane<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) sure was quick to implement portions of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA) that benefit their gun control agenda but seem to be ignoring other parts of the law that would make it easier for firearm retailers to do business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Biden-Harris administration is cherry-picking the law to appease gun control advocates and ignoring portions of the law that actually keeps guns out of the hands of criminals. And it \u201cseems,\u201d that\u2019s a polite way of saying that\u2019s exactly what\u2019s happening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Joe Biden has been proud to tell his political donor class that he was responsible for signing into law the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, what he terms as \u201cthe most meaningful gun safety law in 30 years.\u201d NSSF didn\u2019t\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/articles\/nssf-statement-on-the-bipartisan-safer-communities-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"atf-is-decisively-indecisive-on-implementing-bipartisan-safer-communities-act\" title=\"ATF is Decisively Indecisive on Implementing Bipartisan Safer Communities Act\">support the law in its entirety<\/a><\/strong>. There were portions of the law that were just unacceptable. The law failed to provide a meaningful definition of a \u201cwillful violation\u201d for firearm retailers that could cost them their license and livelihood in a \u201czero-tolerance\u201d policy era. That was just one point of difference, but there were points upon which NSSF agreed. Yet, the administration is dragging its feet when it comes to implementing those parts of the law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-table-of-contents yoast-table-of-contents\"><h2>Table of contents<\/h2><ul><li><a href=\"#h-two-provisions\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"atf-is-decisively-indecisive-on-implementing-bipartisan-safer-communities-act\" title=\"ATF is Decisively Indecisive on Implementing Bipartisan Safer Communities Act\" data-level=\"2\">Two Provisions<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-what-they-focused-on-instead\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"atf-is-decisively-indecisive-on-implementing-bipartisan-safer-communities-act\" title=\"ATF is Decisively Indecisive on Implementing Bipartisan Safer Communities Act\" data-level=\"2\">What They Focused on Instead<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-quick-on-control-slow-on-safety\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"atf-is-decisively-indecisive-on-implementing-bipartisan-safer-communities-act\" title=\"ATF is Decisively Indecisive on Implementing Bipartisan Safer Communities Act\" data-level=\"2\">Quick on Control. Slow on Safety<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-two-provisions\">Two Provisions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>NSSF did support parts of the law that provided more resources for mental health treatment and improved school security. NSSF also supported improvements that beefed up criminal penalties for illegal straw purchases, especially if those firearms are trafficked across state lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were two other provisions that seemed minor but make a significant difference to firearm retailers. One of the law\u2019s provisions allows federal firearms licensees (FFLs) to use the FBI\u2019s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) to screen current and prospective employees. That\u2019s a no-nonsense part of the law upon which all sides can agree. The firearm industry doesn\u2019t want firearms in the hands of those who are prohibited, and it only makes sense that a business owner is rock-solid sure that those individuals staffing the gun counter or handling a firearm or ammunition at a factory aren\u2019t prohibited by law from possessing guns or ammunition themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second provision allows firearm retailers to screen used firearms they take into their inventory to ensure those firearms haven\u2019t been reported as stolen. Before the law was signed, there was no other way for a retailer to be sure that a used firearm they are buying from a private individual wasn\u2019t stolen. Having the ability to screen the firearm gives reassurance to the retailer that they\u2019re not unknowingly receiving stolen property \u2013 especially a firearm that could have potentially been used in other crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Firearm retailers are most often at the frontline of ensuring firearms stay out of the hands of those who cannot be trusted with them. That\u2019s why NSSF championed the NICS verification \u2013 the instant point-of-sale background check \u2013 that tells the firearm retailer if an individual is prohibited from possessing a firearm or if they can proceed with the sale. The part of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act allowing firearm retailers to screen incoming used guns only strengthens that frontline defense to protect America\u2019s communities and protects the businesses too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Except none of that is happening. The Department of Justice (DOJ) had 90 days \u2013 three months \u2013 to implement these two portions of the law. It\u2019s been 19 months \u2013 and counting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-they-focused-on-instead\">What They Focused on Instead<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s not to say that the DOJ and ATF haven\u2019t been busy. They\u2019ve had their hands full with other ideas. Since the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act was signed into law, The White House published Executive Orders and Proposed Rules to clamp down on gun rights and overreach on their authority allowed by the laws passed by Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ATF published the \u201cEngaged in the Business\u201d Proposed Rule, which NSSF objects to and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/articles\/nssf-submits-public-comments-against-biden-administration-proposed-engaged-in-the-business-rule\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"atf-is-decisively-indecisive-on-implementing-bipartisan-safer-communities-act\" title=\"ATF is Decisively Indecisive on Implementing Bipartisan Safer Communities Act\"><strong>submitted comments<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;on during the public comment period. The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act already addressed the question of redefining who was considered to be engaged in the business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congress made a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/articles\/atf-ffl-definition-expansion-isnt-just-unconstitutional-its-unfeasible\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"atf-is-decisively-indecisive-on-implementing-bipartisan-safer-communities-act\" title=\"ATF is Decisively Indecisive on Implementing Bipartisan Safer Communities Act\"><strong>one-word change<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;to the \u201cengaged in the business\u201d definition by removing the word \u201clivelihood\u201d that the courts had effectively read out of the statute. The law still defines a firearm dealer as, \u201ca person who devotes time, attention and labor to dealing in firearms as a regular course of trade or business to predominantly earn a profit through the repetitive purchase and resale of firearms, but such term shall not include a person who makes occasional sales, exchanges, or purchases of firearms for the enhancement of a personal collection or for a hobby, or who sells all or part of his personal collection of firearms.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Attorney General Merrick Garland said that was enough to consider it a \u201cmandate\u201d from Congress to go it alone and let the Biden-Harris administration come up with their own definition \u2013 and criminal law while they were at it. That resulted in a 108-page proposal that\u2019s a thinly-veiled attempt to create a universal background check scheme. That, of course, wouldn\u2019t work unless DOJ is able to create a federal firearm registry to make it work. That\u2019s still forbidden by federal law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet, we see the respect the Biden-Harris administration is giving to the law. When the law doesn\u2019t do what they want, they make it up anyway. When it doesn\u2019t help their political agenda, they ignore it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-quick-on-control-slow-on-safety\">Quick on Control. Slow on Safety<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While the DOJ hasn\u2019t been able to get around to implementing two provisions in the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act that actually help stop criminals, The White House has been busy. They published an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2023\/03\/14\/fact-sheet-president-biden-announces-new-actions-to-reduce-gun-violence-and-make-our-communities-safer\/#:~:text=gun%20industry%20accountable-,The%20Executive%20Order%20directs%20the%20President' target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"atf-is-decisively-indecisive-on-implementing-bipartisan-safer-communities-act\" title=\"ATF is Decisively Indecisive on Implementing Bipartisan Safer Communities Act\"s%20Cabinet%20to%3A,will%20fall%20into%20dangerous%20hands.\"><strong>Executive Order<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;to move as closely as possible to universal background checks, push the adoption of so-called \u201cred flag\u201d laws that still lack Due Process protections, use the Defense Department\u2019s acquisition process to get firearm manufacturers to knuckle under to their gun control demands and chill the First Amendment rights of firearm manufacturers to advertise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The White House was also busy standing up a new Office of Gun Violence Prevention. The Biden-Harris administration caved to the demands of their campaign benefactors to create a Cabinet-adjacent office to implement gun control from The White House. That office is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/articles\/who-running-bidens-gun-violence-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"atf-is-decisively-indecisive-on-implementing-bipartisan-safer-communities-act\" title=\"ATF is Decisively Indecisive on Implementing Bipartisan Safer Communities Act\"><strong>staffed by gun control lobbyists<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;who are now collecting a federal check to eliminate the rights of law-abiding citizens. Meanwhile, the \u201cwhole of government\u201d attack on the industry is taking shape at the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) that implemented a 90-day pause on exports to most of the world and, according to a proposed rule&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thereload.com\/leaked-document-biden-admin-looks-to-impose-civilian-gun-restrictions-on-israel-ukraine-through-american-exports\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"atf-is-decisively-indecisive-on-implementing-bipartisan-safer-communities-act\" title=\"ATF is Decisively Indecisive on Implementing Bipartisan Safer Communities Act\"><strong>leaked to The Reload<\/strong><\/a>, is about to impose even greater restrictions on exports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.guns.com\/news\/2023\/12\/14\/white-house-seeks-to-set-up-state-based-gun-ban-franchises\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"atf-is-decisively-indecisive-on-implementing-bipartisan-safer-communities-act\" title=\"ATF is Decisively Indecisive on Implementing Bipartisan Safer Communities Act\"><strong>biggest accomplishment so far<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;has been to call in state lawmakers to convince them to carry out the Biden-Harris gun control agenda of banning Modern Sporting Rifles (MSRs) and standard-capacity magazines, pass more public nuisance laws that ignore the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) and franchise gun control offices to state governors like they are a fast-food chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Except nothing will be fast and what the American public orders will be delivered completely wrong. Kind of like ordering tools that actually make communities safer and after 19 months and counting, all you have is gun control pet projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Larry Keane\u00a0<\/strong><em>is Senior Vice President of Government and Public Affairs and General Counsel for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"atf-is-decisively-indecisive-on-implementing-bipartisan-safer-communities-act\" title=\"ATF is Decisively Indecisive on Implementing Bipartisan Safer Communities Act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Shooting Sports Foundation<\/a>, the firearms industry trade association.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong><em>*** <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"atf-is-decisively-indecisive-on-implementing-bipartisan-safer-communities-act\" title=\"ATF is Decisively Indecisive on Implementing Bipartisan Safer Communities Act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a> ***<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden-Harris administration is cherry-picking the law to appease gun control advocates and ignoring portions of the law that actually keeps guns out of the hands of criminals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":164441,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[244,25,240],"tags":[304,132,1802,311],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-196337","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-2nd-amendment-r2kba","8":"category-current-events","9":"category-this-week","10":"tag-atf","11":"tag-buzz","12":"tag-news-wire","13":"tag-nssf"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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