| 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 inspections WITHOUT 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. |
| Aidan Johnston
Director of Federal Affairs
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