More evidence is now in the daylight of the true extent of the weaponization of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) under the previous White House administration.

The ATF’s recently released Fiscal Year 2024 Fact Sheet showed a stunning 195 Federal Firearm Licensees lost their livelihood last year under the now-defunct zero-tolerance policy. 

That marked a 24% leap from just one year earlier. Meanwhile, the industry was shaken by the exit of 1,488 FFLs, which either surrendered their licenses or shut down their businesses. 

This is a damning indictment of the zero-tolerance ATF practices that brought the weight of the federal government down on law-abiding shops that were guilty of nothing more than inadvertent paperwork errors.

This practice targeted long-standing dealers who may have incorrectly written a serial number or date on the mandatory ATF paperwork.

However, due to President Donald Trump’s (R) executive order, the mandated review of government practices concerning fundamental Second Amendment rights resulted in the official repeal of this misguided policy. And there is more good news for those who were wrongly targeted by the ATF.

Cases against these mom-and-pop dealers are being reopened, and upstanding citizens are now afforded the opportunity to reclaim their valuable FFLs. The Department of Justice (DOJ) and ATF are also reconsidering such egregious practices as the “Engaged in the Business” Final Rule and the controversial categorization of pistols equipped with stabilizer braces as short-barreled rifles.

The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the weapons industry trade association, applauded the reversal of unjust persecution of its members. Lawrence G. Keane, NSSF Senior Vice President and General Counsel, praised the return of common sense to gun regulation in an early April announcement.

“NSSF applauds today’s announcement by the DOJ and ATF that the Biden-era ‘zero-tolerance’ policy is being eliminated,” Keane declared. “This is great news for the industry that provides for the lawful exercise of the Second Amendment.”

Keane added that his group worked closely with the new administration to reverse the ill-conceived policies of the last four years.

He noted that the zero-tolerance practices forced many retailers to close up shop over “minor errors and infractions that were previously reconciled in good faith between ATF officials and law-abiding firearm retailers.”

The Texas Public Policy Foundation and America First Legal, along with an Austin gun store owner, fought tooth and nail against the ATF’s blatant overreach. The plaintiffs charged that the rogue agency violated both the Constitution and federal law with its zero-tolerance regulations.

For example, an honest gun dealer could land in hot water for writing “USA” in the field for “county,” an obviously honest mistake that anyone could make. Instead of working with the businessperson to ensure proper compliance, the agency could put the enterprise in a corner, forcing them to pay tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees to escape.

This clearly violated the Gun Control Act’s (GCA) provision that actionable violations must be “willful.”

The new ATF enforcement guidance highlights this injustice and outlines strong corrective measures. It states, “For purposes of the regulatory provisions of the GCA, the terms ‘willful’ and ‘willfulness’ mean a purposeful disregard of, a plain indifference to, or a reckless disregard of a known legal obligation. Willfulness requires fact-specific application of law.”

The previous administration established by executive order what it could never accomplish through constitutional avenues in Congress. 

Attorney General Pam Bondi is carrying out a powerful mandate to review these practices that critics charge infringe on gun rights. The newly created Second Amendment Enforcement Task Force is working to continue the reversal of unconstitutional policies aimed at suppressing the gun industry and the individual’s right to keep and bear arms.

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