On Thursday, the Biden Administration announced they are closing what's commonly referred to as the 'gun show loophole.'
A handgun frame that has been printed on a 3D printer is held for a photograph at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms , and Explosives , National Services Center, Thursday, March 2, 2023, in Martinsburg, W.
Va. According to the Department of Justice, around 20,000 unlicensed firearms dealers sell firearms either online or at gun shows across the United States. That's the loophole: Selling firearms without a license, for profit. This new rule by the Biden Administration makes it mandatory that buyers submit background checks and dealers have a license. "It basically allows people, sellers, to sell guns to regular people without having to submit them to other background checks," said Tom Whalen, a Professor & Author at the University of Boston. To close the loophole, the administration is tightening up the definition of what it means to be engaged in the business of selling firearms. Any individual who actually gains a profit whether you are a private dealer and you happen to be doing this online or you happen to be doing this at a gun show, you are now required to have a license," said Janice Iwama, an Associate Professor at American University in Washington, D.C. The Biden Administration says that the change in language being made by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, & Firearms is not only in accordance with the, but it's also more specific to better regulate the market under this new federal law. "A lot of guns are being bought, purchased online, and therefore if you happen to be regularly gaining profits whether or not you have a brick and mortar shop or not you have to have a license," Iwama said. Come November, this new rule could help President Biden, who has received backlash over his handling of the war in Gaza. The backlash, in turn, impacting his polling numbers. "He wants to assure his base, that he hasn't lost his liberal base and particularly he hasn't given up on gun control," Whalen said. However, some argue this new rule could infringe on Second Amendment rights. This is why Whalen expects the rule to be challenged. Biden will face the same among Republican voters who might be thinking I don't want to vote for Trump again but look, he's taking away our gun rights." In response to this new rule, Republican Senators John Cornyn and Tom Tillis plan to introduce a joint resolution of disapproval under the
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