From Aidan Johnston, Gun Owners of America <[email protected]>
Subject Tell the ATF: Your firearm transactions are none of their business
Date November 20, 2023 11:20 PM
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Stop them from OUTLAWING private firearm sales.

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John,


Let’s say you want to sell one of your firearms.


Maybe you’re selling it to a friend or a family member, looking to clear some
space in your collection, or you just need some extra cash.


Under the ATF’s latest gun control rule, you would face up to 5 years in jail
and a $250,000 fine if you sell that firearm and the ATF determines you made a
“profit.”


After all, ATF’s rule suggests that “even a single firearm transaction, or
offer to engage in a transaction, when combined with other evidence, may be
sufficient to require a license.”


So to legally sell your firearm, the ATF’s new rule could require you to
become a federally licensed firearms dealer (FFL). Here’s what that means…


First, you would have to register with the federal government and submit your
photo along with your fingerprints.


Next, you’d need to notify your local police chief and ensure you comply with
local zoning restrictions (which may prove impossible).


You’d need to get approved for your may-issue license, maintain regular
business hours, and pay $90-$3,000 in licensing fees every three years.


For every single firearm you sold, you would need to complete a background
check by filling out a Firearm Transaction Record (Form 4473) and calling the
FBI or state police.


Ultimately, you would have to turn those firearm transaction records over to
the ATF for storage in their illegal nation gun registry.


You’d also have to keep a full registry of all your firearms, open your home
to warrantless ATF inspectionsWITHOUT ANY NOTICE, as often as once a year!


Even if you do your best to comply with all these ridiculous demands, it is
currently the ATF policy to REVOKE your license the second you make a single
mistake.


Make a minor paperwork error in your registration records? Fail to let the ATF
inspect those records? Don’t answer ATF phone calls about gun records within 24
hours?


***POOF: Your license is GONE. ***


This rule wasn’t designed to be followed, John.


It was designed to make it as difficult as possible for Americans to exercise
their Second Amendment rights while granting the ATF complete control over
firearm sales.


Our best shot at stopping this rule is to bombard the ATF with comments
opposing the rule during the public review period – which is why I’m reaching
out to you yet again to make sure you’ve submitted a comment.


Please submit a comment to the ATF to tell them that your firearm sales and
purchases are NONE OF THEIR BUSINESS (if you haven’t done so already).
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In Liberty,


Aidan Johnston
Director of Federal Affairs
Gun Owners of America





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