{"id":2005693,"date":"2023-08-19T11:02:03","date_gmt":"2023-08-19T15:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-gun-grab-hundreds-of-firearms-dealers-lose-licenses-in-admin-crackdown-that-law-enforcement-says-will-backfire\/"},"modified":"2023-08-19T11:04:48","modified_gmt":"2023-08-19T15:04:48","slug":"biden-gun-grab-hundreds-of-firearms-dealers-lose-licenses-in-admin-crackdown-that-law-enforcement-says-will-backfire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-gun-grab-hundreds-of-firearms-dealers-lose-licenses-in-admin-crackdown-that-law-enforcement-says-will-backfire\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden&#8217;s Gun Control: Many Dealers Lose Licenses in Admin Crackdown, Law Enforcement Warns of Consequences."},"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\">30<\/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%2Fbiden-gun-grab-hundreds-of-firearms-dealers-lose-licenses-in-admin-crackdown-that-law-enforcement-says-will-backfire%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=2005693&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--><h2>The Bureau of Alcohol,\u2063 Tobacco and Firearms Cracks Down \u2063on Gun Dealers<\/h2>\n<p>The\u200b Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms \u2062(ATF) is \u2064intensifying its efforts to\u2064 strip gun dealers \u2062of their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-bidens-new-atf-nominee\/\" title=\"Here\u2019s What You Need To Know About Biden\u2019s New ATF Nominee\">federal firearms licenses<\/a> (FFLs). These licenses, which allow businesses to sell firearms for profit, are being revoked at an increasing rate, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/us-news\/law\/hundreds-of-gun-dealers-lose-licenses-under-biden-administration-crackdown-da9d6dfb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wall Street Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The ATF has already revoked 122 FFLs from\u2064 dealers in this \u200bfiscal year alone, compared to 90 in all of fiscal year\u2064 2022 and just\u2064 27 in fiscal year 2021, as reported by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/man-something-incredibly-stupid-seals-deal-taunts-atf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This strict enforcement has sparked\u200d controversy among <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">law enforcement<\/a>, with\u200b some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-gun-grab-hundreds-of-firearms-dealers-lose-licenses-in-admin-crackdown-that-law-enforcement-says-will-backfire\/\" title=\"Biden's Gun Control: Many Dealers Lose Licenses in Admin Crackdown, Law Enforcement Warns of Consequences.\">police officers opposing actions<\/a> that could discourage gun sellers from\u200d cooperating with federal authorities to combat crime, according to the Wall Street Journal.<\/p>\n<h3>ATF Director \u2064Defends Actions<\/h3>\n<p>ATF Director Steve Dettelbach is\u2064 standing \u200cby the agency&#8217;s actions, arguing that the dealers in \u2062question do not deserve the &#8220;privilege&#8221; of engaging in firearm transactions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve taken steps \u200bto \u200bhold accountable \u2064those few dealers who are engaging in\u2063 these willful violations,&#8221; he said. &#8220;They&#8217;re not going to have the privilege of being a gun dealer anymore.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">ATF posted the results of FFL compliance \u2063inspections involving violations of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheJusticeDept?\">@TheJusticeDept<\/a> Enhanced Regulatory Enforcement. The data posted involves ATF inspections\u200d between July 2021 and December 2022. Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NrP6lVQOxy\">https:\/\/t.co\/NrP6lVQOxy<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ATF?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ATF<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Cl3v4gUAOR\">pic.twitter.com\/Cl3v4gUAOR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ATF HQ (@ATFHQ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ATFHQ\/status\/1641157180630990848?\">March \u200c29, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, one retired ATF official is\u2062 cautioning\u2064 that this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tesla-dubs-elon-musk-its-technoking-in-new-sec-filings\/\" title=\"Tesla Dubs Elon Musk Its \u2018Technoking\u2019 In New SEC Filings\">heavy-handed approach<\/a> may\u200b deprive the agency of crucial allies in the fight against gun trafficking and illegal straw\u200d purchases of firearms.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The gun dealers were our first \u200cline of defense against gun trafficking,&#8221; said retired deputy assistant director Peter Forcelli in an interview with the Journal. &#8220;Why are we \u200bnow beating an \u2062ally\u2062 into submission?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The ATF \u2064considers \u2064five violations of firearms law as grounds for immediate FFL revocation, according to the \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/articles\/5-ffl-willful-state-violation-referrals-that-will-result-in-mandatory-revocations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Shooting Sports \u2064Foundation<\/a>. These violations include refusing\u2063 to permit an ATF inspection or selling a firearm to a prohibited person, such as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hunter-biden-claim-second-amendment-protects-right-gun-addicted-crack-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drug addict<\/a> or felon.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration is also \u2063considering new regulatory \u200bpowers that would redefine the requirements for possessing an FFL to sell guns. This move could potentially\u200b tighten regulations on nearly all private gun\u2062 sales.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-atf-set-sights-banning-private-gun-sales-new-rules-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The proposed rule<\/a>, expected to be implemented in\u2063 early 2024, would mandate that anyone engaged in\u200c the sale of firearms \u2064for profit must possess an FFL. This would alter the\u200b current \u200bunderstanding of American firearms\u200c law, which only requires a license for those whose principal means of living is the sale of firearms.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, read\u200d the full article <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-gun-grab-hundreds-firearms-dealers-lose-licenses-admin-crackdown-law-enforcement-says-will-backfire\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is intensifying actions to revoke federal firearms licenses from gun dealers. The Wall Street Journal reports that licenses enabling businesses to sell firearms for profit are being increasingly revoked. The ATF has already withdrawn 122 federal firearms licenses (FFL&#8217;s) from dealers this fiscal year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":666,"featured_media":2005694,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2005693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2005693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/666"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2005693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2005693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2005694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2005693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2005693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2005693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}