Tag: FFLs

We’re the Only Ones Rescinding Enough

ATF Revoked More Licenses in Fiscal Year 2024 Than in Any of the Past 20 Years [More]

The “independent journalists” at The Trace can’t help but gloat. Good thing they promise Bloomberg “seed money” has no influence on their “reporting.”

While reviewing this for history, text, and tradition, the most relevant Founding era viewpoint I could find says “He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.”

And here’s the most relevant contemporary article I could find about the character of such officers, in all their “glory.”

[Via Jess]

Gunkapos Snitch to Feds?

[H]e was found out, I say found out because someone reported him to the ATF that he was selling firearms by a couple of Karens. Now we know who those Karens are and those Karens happen to be FFLs themselves. They are both gun shops in the Sterling Alaska area, so these FFLs turned in a fellow gun enthusiast because they wanted his business. [Watch]

I won’t have time to do this for a while, so if any of you can locate these gun stores’ social media accounts, it would be helpful to link to any related posting and commenting going on.

[Via Jess]

A Public/Private Partnership

This lengthy lawsuit by the Maryland and D.C. attorneys general, as well as Everytown Law, accuses Engage Armament, LLC, United Gun Shop and Atlantic Guns, Inc. of ignoring clear signs of illegal gun sales. The lawsuit claims the purchases happened in Montgomery County, but led to gun violence across the area. [More]

Of course “background checks” aren’t enough — they were never intended to be.

I’m just surprised NSSF hasn’t joined in the pile-on.

[Via Jess]

We’re the Only Ones Registering Enough

Twin Falls Gun Shops, Police at Odds Over Alleged ‘Gun Registration’ Program… The Corsinis noted that not all interactions with law enforcement were negative, but one detective, who was not named, allegedly told them they had to comply or face misdemeanor charges. [More]

So name him. And let’s see if he might face any charges. I know there are penalties for unauthorized used of NICS. Anybody know about rules for unauthorized accessing of hard copy records kept by the FFL?

[Via WiscoDave]

Rights Free Zones

Pursuant to Rule 29 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, the States of New York, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawai‘i, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin, and the District of Columbia submit this brief as amici curiae in support of the appellee, the United States of America, and ask this Court to reaffirm the constitutionality of 18 U.S.C. § 922(a)(3), which makes it unlawful to transfer or receive a firearm from out of state, except through a federally licensed firearms dealer, importer, or manufacturer. [More]

What “infringemwent”? This is “commnonsense safety.”

So, just the Second Amendment or does the rest of the Bill of Rights threaten “exercis[ing] their police power,” too…?

[Via Antigone]

A Tall Order

Injunction granted against ATF’s ‘firearms dealer’ rule for 4 states, 4 groups … The injunction applies to residents of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Utah along with members of Gun Owners of America, Gun Owners Foundation, Tennessee Firearms Association and Virginia Citizens Defense League. [More]

Yo, Texas gun owners: The new infringements were brought to you in part by Tony Gonzales, and a number of you couldn’t be bothered to do anything about that.

[Via Jess]

Making an Example

There were two major admissions Fincher would have to make if he took the plea. The first required he confess to selling firearms and ammunition without a Federal Firearm License, even though he had a valid FFL during the dates specified. [More]

It doesn’t matter. Surrender or be destroyed.

It’s the ATF way. As for “Why?”

To cow everyone else into submission. And because they can.

[Via Jess]

AP Puff Piece on New Biden Background Check Rule Hides Dangers to Freedom

Curious how much less “gun violence” there was in this country before Democrats started imposing all this “progress.” [More]

Once more we’re being lied to, and the biggest ally would-be totalitarians have in imposing their treachery are complicit Fourth Estate Fifth Columnists.

Max Frost Nipping at Your Rights

The Prevent Illegal Gun Resales Act would add common sense structural reform to the gun sale industry by boosting license application requirements for gun retailers, proportionally increasing the cost of licensing fees, and adding a new definition for “high-risk dealers” that would include sellers who:

Had a known violation or warning in the past three years; Had firearms either lost or stolen from them within the preceding year; or, Were the source of two or more guns with a time-to-crime of three years or less. [More]

In other words, close them all down.

Yes, Bob, exactly like Democrats.

Yes, this is political posturing for the media, and no, it won’t pass — yet — but it’s instructive to see what the plans are for when previous impediments are removed through “compromise.”

The only reason to let the enemy get closer to the target is to draw him into a trap.

[Via Jess]

The Nothing Will Happen But Maybe Gun Owners Will Forget My Previous Treachery Act

Ernst Works to Protect Lawful Gun Dealers from ATF [More]

Prognosis:

1% chance of being enacted

Let’s see what the odds will be should election dreams come true. And if anyone’s still interested.

Sorry not sorry to be so cynical, but this is the same “solidly pro-gun candidate” who voted with Chuck Schumer on that “bipartisan” infringement bill the administration is now trying to sodomize us with,

Besides, all this really does is “legitimize” the whole power usurpation scheme. We all have the right to be “lawful gun dealers.”

[Via Jess]

Zero Tolerance is No Virtue

The bill, introduced on Tuesday, will “provide firearm licensees an opportunity to correct statutory and regulatory violations, and for other purposes” and says the “Attorney General may not bring an enforcement action to revoke, or deny a renewal of, a license for a violation of any provision of this chapter or any implementing regulation thereof on the basis of a self-reported violation.” [More]

Good. I was getting tired of posting photos of inspectors with apparent slack stains and then having to deal with threats from U.S. Marshals.

Although I wouldn’t expect Senate Dems to let the bill go anywhere, it’s not on her GovTrack page yet, so I can’t give you a prognosis percent, but my bet is low single-digit.

The Let’s F*** FFLs Who Obey the Law Act of 2024

Say goodbye to your favorite FFL because your state legislature is about to run them all out of business. Washington Gun Law President, William Kirk, discusses HB 2118, which is now set to be put on the floor in the Senate tonight, and is expected to pass. [Watch]

Fortunately, the black market won’t have to comply with any of this targeted harassment.

[Via Jess]

Bloody-Handed, Greedy Gun Stores Profiting from Slaughter of Innocents!!!

Gun shops that sell the most guns used in crime revealed in new list [More]

“Real reporter” Nick Penzenstadler and USA Today (A Gannett Publication) said it, I believe it, that settles it.

“Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s, Rural King and Sportsman’s Warehouse”…?

Hey, I’ll bet more cars from large volume dealers are involved in accidents, too!

Produce one instance where any of the named stores, operating under the threat of surprise “zero tolerance” audits and record/inventory seizures, knowingly sold a firearm to a “prohibited person.” Is it their fault if Hunter Biden walks in and lies on a 4473?

Hey, going after the “law-abiding” who leave records to track has always been easier than tackling the underworld.

What? Gannett didn’t tell us about that? And, in fact, made a point of axing and erasing the one guy who would?

No Supply Demand

Washington Gun Law President, William Kirk, discusses HB 2118, a actual reality this legislative session and a bill who’s sole purpose is to financially ruin every single FFL in the State of Washington. If you thought your individual liberties have been under attack, wait until you check this piece of leglislation out. This is the most Orwellian and dystopian piece of legislation to ever be introduced in Washington State and must be stopped now. [Watch]

Prohibitonists gonna prohibit…

[Via Jess]

From the Government That Brought Us ‘Zero Tolerance’ for FFLs

40,000 Weapons Sent to Ukraine Have Gone Missing: Pentagon IG [More]

Meanwhile, you fill out lost and stolen reports– or else.

Anyone doubt they’ll turn up…?

The convergence of incompetence and intent needed for this to happen is just stunning.

So: Who’s even losing a job?

[Via bondmen]

We’re the Only Ones Very Least Enough

At the very least, Montgomery County Sheriff Sean Kilkenny has violated his oath of office, particularly the portion in which he swore to support and defend the United States Constitution including the Second Amendment. [More]

“Patsy” seems such a polite way to say “oath-breaking, mother f*****g piece of s***”…

He’s not an unwitting dupe. His evil is self-serving and premeditated.

Whether ’tis Nobler

How Gun Shops Are Helping Prevent Suicide – Groups have set up arrangements where people in crisis can get firearms out of their homes [More]

The story is paywalled but we get enough from that to get the drift.

Questions I’d like to see answered include should anyone do this without counsel, whether doing this could be used against them later, what liability the gun store would face for returning firearms, who would have to authorize that, what’s the criteria for their decision either way, and if an equivalent of a Miranda warning ought to be required…

And none of that addresses the core truth.

[Via Brent M]

I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter

Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a coalition of 26 attorneys general in opposition to the Biden administration’s shocking and unconstitutional attack on American’s right to keep and bear arms that could criminalize law-abiding citizens for selling a single firearm for profit unless the seller obtains a federal license. [More]

Good arguments, but you know the fix is already in.

It’d be stronger if they had also mutually committed to legal consequences they will initiate on behalf of the gun-owning citizens in their respective states when the rule is enacted.

Then again, control freaks generally won’t slow down unless they’re more personally invested in the cost/benefit ratio.

Without Further Comment

Once the comment period has ended, the ATF will consider the public comments before deciding whether to adopt the rule, modify it, or drop it. [More]

Y’know, I was nodding along with you right until this last line. Does anyone seriously believe the decision wasn’t made before the required rule was posted for comment?

The only reason I submitted one was to show my solidarity with those making their refusal to bow down a matter of record. That’s why I urge you to come and stand with us, regardless of the coordinated Astroturf campaign.

I just wish I could believe the poor showing from “our side” is because most consider it a useless effort and believe Bruen will save us, instead of what “experience hath shown” to generally be the case.

[Via Dan Gifford]

Back this Blue?

Attorneys representing the Second Amendment Foundation and its partners in a challenge to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s effort to conduct warrantless searches and seizures from licensed firearms retailers in the county have filed a brief in response to objections by the defendants, in support of an application for summary relief. [More]

I don’t expect an answer.

Willful Tyranny

He and many other dealers complain that ATF changed their definition of what constitutes a willful violation. The ATF now says that every gun dealer has been told to submit only proper paperwork, so any error – even clerical – constitutes a willful violation of ATF rules. [More]

There is no new thing under the sun.

The functionaries carrying this out must be pretty confident they’ll never be held personally accountable for their “willful violations.”

Speaking of Zero Tolerance for FFL Errors…

*Glock 22 40 caliber REVOLVER??
*Glock Model 27 45 (it is supposed to be a 40)
*Browning B799 (it should be a BT-99) 12 ga

This wouldn’t be a big deal, but…the ATF is shutting down gun dealers for minor paperwork errors… [More]

I came across this 2008 post while looking for something else. The original link to the spreadsheet is no more so I had to download one from the Wayback Machine.

We’re the Only Ones Conspiring Enough

North Carolina and North Dakota Police Chiefs and Federal Firearms Licensees Indicted for Conspiracy to Illegally Acquire Machineguns and Other Firearms. [More]

Amidst all the outrage over Larry Vickers, let’s not forget we all have the right to such firearms the chiefs claimed for themselves but would arrest us for. I also find it difficult to comprehend how an FFL and recognized expert, versed in all the traps and pitfalls, could stumble into such a huge one himself.

[Via Jess]

Next Stop, the Christian Baker…

Iannicelli feels his second amendment right to bear arms has been violated by the Florence Gun Shop making him unable to complete his gun purchase. Iannicelli felt the shop denied his background check because of his personal business card that included a link to a website affiliated with Antifa. In addition, Iannicelli said a gun store should not be able decide whether or not to give a background check based on political affiliation. [More]

I’d be in trouble, too, because I’d do the same with Democrats.

I hope their lawyer makes the case that with increased ATF “scrutiny” aimed at revoking FFLs over minor paperwork glitches, the Presidential “Memorandum on Inadmissibility of Persons Affiliated with Antifa Based on Organized Criminal Activity” makes him fear processing a transfer without official guidance– and put the burden on reversing that and declaring Antifa members have an individual right to keep and bear arms on the Biden administration, Merrick Garland, Christopher Wray, and Steve Dettelbach.

[Via Jess]

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