{"id":833,"date":"2023-02-19T19:43:26","date_gmt":"2023-02-19T19:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/?p=833"},"modified":"2023-02-19T19:43:26","modified_gmt":"2023-02-19T19:43:26","slug":"exclusive-house-senate-republicans-demand-doj-atf-turn-over-details-of-zero-tolerance-policy-for-gun-licenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/?p=833","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: House, Senate Republicans Demand DOJ, ATF Turn Over Details Of \u2018Zero Tolerance\u2019 Policy For Gun Licenses"},"content":{"rendered":"


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A group of House and Senate Republicans are requesting records from the Biden administration about its \u201czero tolerance\u201d policy for federal firearms licenses (FFLs).<\/p>\n

Congressional Republicans are demanding the Justice Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) turn over communications about how the legal definition of \u201cwillful\u201d is being abused to revoke FFLs from gun dealerships.<\/p>\n

They are also asking for records of how the \u201czero tolerance\u201d policy is being implemented and specifics about FFL revocations since the Biden administration released its gun crime<\/a> \u201cfact sheet\u201d in June 2021. Biden<\/a> officials have until March 1 to turn over the appropriate information.<\/p>\n

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What does this mean?<\/p>\n

It means if the ATF deems any FFL action a "willful violation," then they skip all warning letters & conferences and:<\/p>\n

Revoke
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\"\u274c\"or Suspend the gun store<\/p>\n

— Gun Owners of America (@GunOwners) February 10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Republicans believe Biden officials<\/a> are abusing the word \u201cwillful\u201d as written in legal statutes to justify revoking FFLs for basic paperwork mistakes, rather than serious offenses. ATF<\/a> license revocations have reportedly<\/a> increased by 500% up to 273 FFLs, up from an average of 40 per year, in the first 11 months after the Biden administration\u2019s guidelines.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Biden-Harris Administration claims this policy will increase public safety and reduce crime. But revoking a FFL over minor a paperwork issue turns a teachable moment into the end of a dealer\u2019s livelihood. This new policy runs counter to the close working relationship firearm dealers have had with ATF for decades,\u201d the letter says.<\/p>\n

Under the Biden administration\u2019s \u201czero tolerance policy\u201d for FFLs, gun dealerships have no incentive to report crimes because doing so could jeopardize their license, the Republicans said. Decisions about FFLs have been consolidated at ATF headquarters in DC, sidelining state level regulators who have relationships with the local gun industry, the letter says.<\/p>\n

\u201cBiden\u2019s \u2018zero tolerance\u2019 policy is just the latest example of the Administration weaponizing the ATF against gun owners and the firearms industry,\u201d said Aidan Johnson, Director of Federal Affairs for Gun Owners of America.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe thank Senator Budd and Rep. Harshbarger for leading this effort to demand transparency for the sake of gun stores and the communities they serve. Federal bureaucrats have no business regulating Second Amendment protected activity, much less persecuting an entire industry over their disdain for a constitutional right.\u201d<\/p>\n

Republican North Carolina Sen. Ted Budd and Tennessee GOP Rep. Diana Harshbarger co-led the demands for records from Biden officials. They are joined by 11 Republican senators and 26 Republican house lawmakers.<\/p>\n

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This was originally published in the Daily Caller<\/em> by James Lynch and Henry Rodgers<\/div>\n
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