Posted March 30, 2017 3:09 am by Comments

By Chris Eger

A group of House GOP members wants the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to show their work when it comes to gun testing procedures.
The mechanism to mandate uniformity in how the regulatory agency conducts firearms testing, HR 1047, was introduced last month and is backed by 11 House Republicans. Sponsor U.S. Rep. Jody Hice, R-Ga., introduced a similar measure in 2015 and at the time cited the move was needed to provide transparency to the ATF’s operations and ward off possible corruption.
The language of the proposal would require ATF to make a video recording of its entire process of examining and testing an item during the determination of if it is a firearm and of what type. The measure would block the agency from editing or erasing any part of the film. Further, the bill would require that the ATF provide the film to firearm manufacturers that have submitted a firearm for testing or to defendants in a criminal trial concerning the item.
While not noted by Hice’s office, the subject of ATF firearm testing surfaced in the recent federal case of an Ohio man acquitted on charges of making what the agency contended were over 190 unlicensed firearms

Source: Guns.com

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