BATFE, Firearm Importation & Federal Firearm Law Reform
Among its duties, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) monitors firearm manufacturers, importers and dealers for compliance with record-keeping requirements; conducts traces on the commercial paths of individual firearms at the request of law enforcement agencies; interprets firearm importation law; and administers transfers of firearms regulated by the National Firearm Act of 1934.
The BATFE was used by the Clinton administration to reduce the number of firearm dealers, and by the administrations of presidents G. H. W. Bush and Clinton to restrict “assault weapons” by misinterpreting firearm importation law. The agency’s tracing data, sometimes useful in identifying persons involved in illegally trafficking firearms, have been mischaracterized by gun control supporters in the context of their campaigns against “Saturday Night Specials” and “assault weapons,” and in favor of making state gun laws more restrictive.
BATFE has been widely criticized for its role in the “Ruby Ridge” and “Waco” tragedies, and Operation Fast and Furious, in which the agency knowingly allowed firearms to be bought by straw purchasers and other traffickers, and thereafter smuggled from the United States to Mexico, where they made their way to violent drug cartels.
Friday, July 23, 2021
Leftist activists and the ATF have been gearing up in a dangerous and nefarious assault on the Second ...
Tuesday, July 6, 2021
On June 7th, ATF published a new notice of proposed rulemaking on its website entitled Factoring Criteria for Firearms ...
Thursday, June 10, 2021
Yesterday, Attorney General Ken Paxton sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, ...
Wednesday, June 9, 2021
On June 7th, ATF published a new notice of proposed rulemaking on its website...
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
That publication triggered the opening of the proposed rule to public comments. The comment period will remain open until ...
Monday, May 10, 2021
The publication of a lengthy New York Times or Washington Post opinion piece disguised as news that commiserates about the purportedly beleaguered ...
Saturday, May 8, 2021
Two weeks ago we reported on a leaked document that appeared to be a new ATF proposed rule to amend ...
Monday, April 26, 2021
On April 20th, The Reload, published what appears to be a leaked draft of an ATF proposed rule.
Friday, April 9, 2021
During a press conference on Thursday, President Biden announced that he would once again be targeting law-abiding gun ...
Wednesday, December 23, 2020
On December 23rd, ATF posted a document to its website indicating that its recently published Objective Factors for Classifying Weapons with ...
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