Obama Executive Action on Guns to Broaden Background Checks, ATF Authority
By Fred Lucas
Next week, President Barack Obama will place more regulations on certain gun sellers and provide more power to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Politico reported.
Failing to pass legislation through Congress on background checks, Obama has had to rely on smaller measures through executive action. Citing gun industry insiders, Politco revealed that the administration will expand the number of “small-scale gun sellers” who have to be registered through the ATF, which would require these sellers to conduct background checks.
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Though this action falls short of the sweeping legislation that would close the so-called gun show loophole, it would increase the number of transactions subject to background checks.
The move will alter the definition of what it means to be “engaged in the business” of selling firearms. The current standard requires an ATF dealer’s license for only those people who sell guns with the “principal objective of livelihood and profit.” Those dealers must conduct background checks for all sales, regardless where the sales take place — online, in store or at a gun show.
Further, there will be more strict federal rules on reporting lost or stolen guns.
The White House did not respond to inquiries from TheBlaze Thursday.
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Source:: The Blaze
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