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Andrew Clyde, a Georgia Republican and gun business owner, called out the ATF for revoking or denying FFL license renewals at a rate of about 500% greater than before Mr. The White House gave ATF inspection data to the 16 states with those states’ inspection systems could become “force multipliers in protecting public safety.”īy July 2021, the administration expected the ATF to begin using the inspection data to potentially shut down dealers deemed to be breaking state gun laws. In June of last year, the Biden administration announced it would begin enforcing the Gun Control Act of 1968 differently by cracking down on firearms dealers that failed to live up to their obligations under state law. He recalled that the ATF inspector said, “It’s within the scope of my investigation.” “We noticed that she was taking pictures of everything,” said Dave Nagel, owner of Black Metal Firearms in Mesa, Arizona. Similar to the allegations in the new lawsuit, the inspector claimed to have seen some clerical errors the store owner believed to be minor. In August, The Times reported that in late 2021 an ATF inspector took photos of a Mesa, Arizona, gun shop’s acquisitions and dispositions or A&D books, which are detailed logs of all guns sold at the shop including the identities of buyers. Seven states require licensed dealers to maintain records of handgun sales, but not long. Other willful violations that may result in the issuance of a notice of revocation include failure to account for firearms, verify and document buyer eligibility, maintain records needed for successful firearms tracing and report multiple sales of handguns. gun ownership, Congress would need to close the private sale loophole. Refusing to permit ATF to conduct an inspection.Falsifying records, such as a firearms transaction form.Failing to conduct a required background check.Transferring a firearm to a prohibited person.The ATF lists nine reasons for revocation of an FFL license, which include: In the 2020 fiscal year, as the coronavirus pandemic snarled government operations, the ATF inspected only 5,827 licensed dealers, or 7.5. “Federal courts have held that a willful violation of the GCA’s regulations occurs when the FFL commits the violation with an intentional disregard of a known legal duty or with plain indifference to their legal obligations.” The ATF sought revocation of only 580 violators, or 1.6. “The GCA does not define ‘willful,’” the spokesman said, citing a statement from its website. An ATF spokesman maintained that the agency can revoke a license only for “willful violations” of the Gun Control Act.
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