Posted November 13, 2017 9:00 am by Comments

By Chris Eger

In this file photo from Jan. 5, 2016, former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords arrives in the East Room of the White House in Washington to hear President Obama speak about executive actions on gun control.(Photo: Carolyn Kaster/AP)
The group fronted by former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords wants federal regulators to turn over information from President Trump’s administration concerning interaction with gun rights groups.
In the complaint, the Giffords organization asks for communications between Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives employees and representatives from the “Washington gun lobby” over an 11-page “white paper,” drafted by the ATF’s associate deputy director and chief operating officer Ronald B. Turk.
Obtained by the Washington Post in January just after Trump’s inauguration, the paper advocates removing restrictions on the sale of suppressors; conducting a study concerned with lifting the ban on imported assault weapons; and requiring a higher amount of crime guns to be traced back to specific dealers before the federal government asks for additional information from those dealers.
The lawsuit argues the white paper recommendations advocated “for a number of policies that were heavily favored and pushed for by members of the Washington gun lobby, including by the National Rifle Association.” The group says it proceeded

Source: Guns.com

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