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ATF whistleblower exposes rampant FRAUD inside the agency

May 10, 2023 -

The whistleblower who used the moniker Joe told CBS News that multiple employees received millions of dollars in bonuses under the Law Enforcement Availability Pay (LEAP) system. Under the system, an ATF agent could receive 25 percent of their salary over base pay. Joe explained that if an agent makes a base salary of $100,000, they could receive $125,000 in LEAP bonuses.

However, only law enforcement officers working long and odd hours are qualified for the bonus....

ATF FFL definition expansion isn’t just unconstitutional. It’s unfeasible

September 13, 2023 -

(Article by Larry Keane republished from AmmoLand.com)

This is just the latest salvo from President Joe Biden, who declared from the debate stage in 2019 that the firearm industry is “the enemy.”

Now, as the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is snuffing out firearm retailers at a record pace due to an unrelenting attack of historically-high firearm license revocations under the guise of its “zero-tolerance” policy, the administration ...

ATF director says assault weapons ban now on his “wish list”

November 13, 2023 -

(Article by Tyler Durden republished from ZeroHedge.com)

During a recent interview with Caroline Light, the Director of Undergraduate studies in Women, Gender and Sexuality at Harvard University, ATF Director Steve Dettelbach was asked about his gun control "Wish list."

Steven Dettelbach (right) with historian Caroline Light (left). Source: Harvard 

According to Harvard Magazine, ATF Director Dettelbach answered that he'd like to revive ...

ATF has shut down nearly 2,000 gun stores since the implementation of its new “zero tolerance” policy

July 27, 2023 -

This is according to a lawsuit filed against the ATF and its "zero tolerance" policy by the pro-Second Amendment organization Gun Owners of America (GOA), which found through combing ATF data that the bureau has put nearly 2,000 gun sellers out of business in the past two years alone. (Related: GOA files lawsuit against ATF's "zero tolerance" policy which has forced over 1,000 gun dealers to shut down.)

The ordeal gun sellers in the United States ...

ATF director grilled by Jim Jordan over the possibility that millions of gun owners could soon become felons due to overreaching arm brace rule

May 10, 2023 -

Jim Jordan, the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) sent a letter this week to ATF Director Steven Dettelbach following his recent refusal before the House Judiciary Committee to define “assault weapon” and provide clarity on the rule.

The ATF is maintaining that stabilizing braces should be considered short-barreled rifles and therefore be subjected to additional regulations under the National Firearms Act when ...

ATF bans millions of guns with new pistol brace rule

January 17, 2023 -

(Article by Stephen Gutowski republished from TheReload.com)

The agency announced plans to publish the final version of their rule reclassifying pistol braces, a popular firearm accessory, on Friday. The rule, which President Joe Biden requested as part of his efforts to unilaterally reform gun laws, would effectively ban the use of braces unless registered with the ATF. Anyone who does not comply with the rule could be subject to upwards of ten years in federal ...

ATF reversal could turn millions of gun owners into felons

October 10, 2020 - atform and what accessories may be attached to said platform," Gwathmey told the Washington Free Beacon.

White House deputy press secretary Brian Morgenstern said the Trump administration is reviewing the ATF's letter.

"The White House and leadership at the Department of Justice are reviewing this matter to ensure there is no interference with the ability of law-abiding citizens—including lawful firearms manufacturers—to exercise their ...

New Biden gun rule will BAN private firearms sales, ATF whistleblowers warn

February 05, 2024 -

The watchdog group Empower Oversight says the Biden regime needs to procure documents showing what this alleged regulation entails. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is said to be spearheading the rule, which will also require universal background checks on most or all gun sales period.

Back in August, President Biden rallied his troops around the proposition of stricter gun laws in the United States. Biden said he wants people who ...

2A VICTORY: Texas federal judge halts ATF from enforcing pistol brace ban

November 12, 2023 -

A federal judge in Texas issued a nationwide injunction, preventing the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) from enforcing the ban.

U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk ruled that the ATF's attempt to legislate through regulation, rather than enforcing existing gun laws, was unlawful, particularly in the case of pistol braces. (Related: Top gun rights group leads effort urging House GOP action following ...

Are beer drinkers next? Tyrannical ATF says marijuana users CANNOT possess firearms

June 06, 2023 -

The law enforcement agency made the claim in a May 30 announcement posted by its St. Paul office. It reiterated that the federal Gun Control Act of 1968 "prohibits any person who is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance … from shipping, transporting, receiving or possessing firearms or ammunition."

"Regardless of the recent changes in Minnesota law related to the legalization of marijuana, an individual who is a current user … is still federally defined ...

Leaked info suggests ATF is about to pass new rule BANNING private gun sales

August 10, 2023 - atform on which private parties can list their firearms for sale rather than have to go through a gun store.

The Biden regime has made it abundantly clear that it wants to see Armslist and all other online marketplaces for firearms shut down for good. Doing so is unconstitutional, though, so Biden and his cronies are attempting to impose the bans differently, and piece by piece through a gradual chipping away at the Second Amendment.

"Private-party transactions ...

Gun owners oppose new ATF regulation that prohibits private firearm transfers: REGISTRATION paves the way for CONFISCATION

September 08, 2023 -

Acting under the directives of the Biden administration, the ATF significantly broadened the scope of background checks, effectively covering almost all firearm sales across the United States.

Groups like the National Association for Gun Rights, known for their unwavering stance against universal background checks (UBCs), have been battling this issue since the Toomey-Manchin congressional dispute in 2013, which followed the tragic Sandy Hook mass shooting....

ATF allowed men to keep dealing METH for a year in order to arrest them for GUNS

December 11, 2018 -

In light of these statistics, recent news reports revealing that undercover operatives with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) continued to purchase crystal methamphetamine from suspected drug dealers for a full year instead of arresting them at once, are truly shocking. The reason for the delay? They were more interested in gathering enough evidence so that the men could ultimately be arrested for firearm possession than in stopping ...

Oklahoma lawmaker demanding state AG arrest and prosecute ATF agents who conducted an illegal raid on gun dealer

October 30, 2023 -

Humphrey said he has filed a probable cause affidavit with the Oklahoma Attorney General's Office focused on the agents who raided the home of federal firearms license (FFL) holder Russel Fincher in Tuskahoma, Oklahoma on June 16. (Related: Gun owners oppose new ATF regulation that prohibits private firearm transfers: REGISTRATION paves the way for CONFISCATION.)

The state legislator added that he has been working with the sheriff's office of Pushmataha County, ...

ATF bans stabilizing braces on pistols that were legally purchased, turning millions of gun owners into instant criminals

January 17, 2023 -

Most recently, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives implemented a new rule banning so-called "pistol stabilizing devices" which they claim transform short-barreled semi-automatic pistols into rifles without changing anything else about the gun itself (like rate of fire, for instance).

The new rule (ATF final rule 2021R-08F) was published on the ATF’s website today and is set to be posted on the Federal Register on Monday, one day ...

ATF raids maker of 80 percent lowers in prelude to what a Biden-Harris anti-gun regime will look like

December 15, 2020 -

But even before these two left-wing clowns are inaugurated, the left-wing deep state functionaries at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, more popularly known as ATF, are already giddy about a Biden-Harris administration because they know they’ll be empowered with more work than they can handle, trampling on our gun rights.

As Big League Politics reported: 

On December 10, 2020 the ATF showed gun owners yet again why it’s ...

GOA files lawsuit against ATF’s “zero tolerance” policy which has forced over 1,000 gun dealers to shut down

July 18, 2023 -

The lawsuit, known as Morehouse Enterprises v. ATF (II) and filed in the District Court of North Dakota, pushes back against the agency's targeting of Morehouse for revoking the company's federal firearms license (FFL) and hopes to get the court to stop the implementation of the Department of Justice's "zero tolerance" policy. GOA claims this policy "has been wielded as a political weapon … to revoke the FFLs of numerous gun dealers across the nation."

The ATF ...

Merritt Medical Hour: Federal gov’t TARGETING gun dealers to take away 2A rights of Americans – Brighteon.TV

May 16, 2023 -

She began by warning that Washington isn't targeting the Second Amendment directly, but is instead focusing on gun stores. Merritt, a former Navy physician and surgeon, added that the government through the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is doing so by revoking gun retailers' federal firearms licenses (FFLs). This, she added, allows the government to undermine the Second Amendment by zeroing in on the firearms supply.

Hirschberg also shared ...

GOA leads two industry coalition letters to House leadership urging action on pistol braces

May 23, 2023 -

(Article by Walter Smoloski republished from GunOwners.org)

The Biden Pistol Brace Ban will take full effect on June 1st, and owners of pistol braces have until that date to turn in, register, or destroy their lawfully owned braces. After that date, those in possession of an unregistered pistol brace could face felony charges and a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. Researchers estimate that 10-40 million of these braces are in circulation.

While a resolution ...