Biden slammed for ‘backdoor violation of the 2nd Admt’ rights of Gun Dealers
Dealers Stripped of their Licenses by the ATF
DAILY MAIL
- The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has revoked the licenses of 122 gun dealers in the fiscal year that began in October
- The figure is up from 90 for all last fiscal year, and 27 in 2021: critics of the move say the Biden administration is attacking the Second Amendment
- In the last decade – such records only began in 2013 – the government never revoked more than 81 licenses
Gun dealers have lost their licenses this year at an unprecedented rate, with critics accusing Joe Biden of undermining the Second Amendment by stealth.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has revoked the licenses of 122 gun dealers in the fiscal year that began in October.
The previous fiscal year the figure was 90, and in 2021 it was only 27.
Since records of revocations began in 2013, the ATF never revoked more than 81 dealers’ licenses, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
Critics of the ATF’s newly-found muscle argue that it attacks largely lawful gun dealers who often provide valuable assistance to law enforcement when trying to track firearms used in crimes.
Some law enforcement veterans told the paper that the previous system of issuing warnings rather than revoking licenses was preferable.
‘The gun dealers were our first line of defense against gun trafficking,’ said Peter Forcelli, a retired deputy assistant director.
‘Why are we now beating an ally into submission?’
But Steve Dettelbach, appointed director of the ATF in July 2022, defended his bureau’s policy.
‘We’ve taken steps to hold accountable those few dealers who are engaging in these willful violations,’ he said.
‘They’re not going to have the privilege of being a gun dealer anymore.’
Dettelbach, who served as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio before taking the ATF role, said dealers needed to be held to strict standards because guns could end up getting sold to criminals.
Rick Vasquez, a retired ATF official, told the paper he approved of Dettelbach’s approach.
‘The ATF, previous to this administration, had a ‘Let’s see if we can help you’ attitude and some gun dealers took advantage of that,’ he said.
Yet those who have lost their licenses told the paper they are being unfairly targeted.
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It was unclear what rules they violated.
The store’s owners have filed a lawsuit against the ATF, arguing that the inspections of stores are being ‘wielded as a political weapon.’
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Our fully corrupt government can’t do what it
is planning to do to us as long as we are armed.
NEVER give up your guns.
EVER.
Biden is going to burn in hell for all eternity