Comment by Clubber
1 year ago
>Why would the ATF give a shit? Tell me you aren't from a hunting state without telling me..
This trope is so tired, but since you did it, tell me you don't keep up with gun regulatory news without telling me.. The ATF has been on a rogue rampage the last 4 years.
Considering that these are legal sales between law-abiding adults, the ATF doesn't care at all. There's the perennial "they're taking all our guns!" discourse that serves to misinform everyone, and then there are basic facts that mostly pierce all the nonsense.
https://trac.syr.edu/reports/733/include/figure1.png
"Rogue rampage" indeed.. almost 10% higher than pre-covid Trump convictions and about the same level as we saw under GWB! Then again, the average person convicted in 2023 had >2 prior convictions and over 7 prior arrests so maybe these are actually just criminals? Wish everyone would decide if we should enforce laws or not.
https://www.atf.gov/resource-center/fact-sheet/fact-sheet-fa...
The ATF changed the rules on private sales. If you make a penny on the private sale, you need an FFL.
https://www.gunowners.org/new-atf-rule-you-can-go-to-jail-fo...
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF12679
https://myjrpaper.com/node/7745
They killed this guy over it.
https://saf.org/atf-swat-raid-that-killed-arkansas-man-raise...
All this was legal a few years ago. ATF decided to change the rules.
Also, they wanted to completely ban private sales, but a whistleblower blew the whistle and hopefully stopped them.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/atf-whistleblowers-sound-al...
So there's all that.
I'm sorry you buy into all the misleading nonsense from the prepper gun lobby..
They did widen the definition of dealers, but it's still "a 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."
So casually selling guns to friends and family is fine and doesn't require a license or a background check unless your state requires it.
> They killed this guy over it. https://saf.org/atf-swat-raid-that-killed-arkansas-man-raise...
He had bought over 150 guns in the past 3 years, signed forms for each of them that he was buying them for his own use, and then immediately turned around and sold them, several to undercover Feds. He'd post up at gun shows with a table full of guns and then sell them for cash without paperwork. 6 of the guns he sold were found at crime scenes.. the result of the raid was unfortunate but the dude was exactly who should be targeted by laws like this.
Seriously, read the search affidavit if you think it was somehow inappropriate to target him: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Vjer4Tr0SJhe6ZzkUDgkjaho4PH...
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