{"id":1535679,"date":"2022-07-01T16:19:12","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T20:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1535679"},"modified":"2022-07-01T16:19:15","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T20:19:15","slug":"rep-andy-biggs-blows-whistle-on-atf-anti-gun-agenda-targeting-law-abiding-firearm-dealers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-andy-biggs-blows-whistle-on-atf-anti-gun-agenda-targeting-law-abiding-firearm-dealers\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Andy Biggs Blows Whistle On ATF \u2018Anti-Gun Agenda\u2019 Targeting Law-Abiding Firearm Dealers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frep-andy-biggs-blows-whistle-on-atf-anti-gun-agenda-targeting-law-abiding-firearm-dealers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1535679&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) in a June 29 letter demanded answers from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-atf\">ATF<\/a>) about a dramatic increase in Federal Firearm License (FFL) revocations since President Joe Biden took office, which he blamed on an \u201canti-gun agenda\u201d from the administration.<\/p>\n<p>To hold a FFL, licensees must undergo occasional inspection by the ATF to ensure compliance with federal law. In these inspections, some paperwork errors are common and to be expected. Historically, only major and intentional violations of federal law, or gross negligence on the part of the FFL dealer, have led to FFL revocations.<\/p>\n<p>In recent months, it appears the ATF has begun to change tack, dramatically increasing its revocations of FFLs for routine clerical errors and other minor mistakes.<\/p>\n<p>According to John Clark, a firearms industry expert whose firm FFL Consultants helps would-be FFL holders avoid an ATF revocation, the ATF announced at a recent Firearm Industry Conference that it had revoked 273 FFLs in the first 11 months of the Biden presidency. This figure represents a staggering increase of more than 500 percent in FFL revocations.<\/p>\n<p>Biggs, in a letter addressed to Acting ATF Director Gary Restaino, suggested that these increased FFL revocations by the ATF come as part of an anti-gun strategy from the White House, the Department of Justice (DOJ), and Attorney General Merrick Garland. The collateral damage of this effort, Biggs said, are the livelihoods of law-abiding gun shop owners and entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the aggressive direction of the Department of Justice, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,\u00a0Firearms and Explosives is currently undertaking a broad and unprecedented effort to\u00a0revoke Federal Firearm Licenses from law-abiding business owners throughout the country,\u201d Biggs wrote.<\/p>\n<p> Revoked Under Old Complaints <\/p>\n<p>Reportedly, many of these revocations have come after evaluation of previously-closed complaints against FFL licensees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) in a June 29 letter demanded answers from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) about a dramatic increase in Federal Firearm License (FFL) revocations since President Joe Biden took office, which he blamed on an \u201canti-gun agenda\u201d from the administration. 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