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Rep. Andrew Clyde spoke exclusively with Breitbart News about his plans to introduce a resolution Thursday to make the ATF’s universal background check rule of “no force or effect.”the ATF’s announcement of the proposed rule on August 31, 2023. The rule redefines what it means to be “engaged in the business of selling guns,” thereby expanding the instances in which an unlicensed seller — i.e.
The ATF’s rule changes language so that there is no clear line of demarcation between private gun sales and guns sold by FFL holders. Ambiguity is introduced into the equation, forcing every seller to prove he is not trying to make a profit, lest he be required to ensure the purchaser undergoes the NICS before taking possession of the firearm.
The rule is largely based on the whether private sellers make a “profit” by selling their guns, but it also changes language so thatrequires a background check too.
Rep. Clyde is pushing to block the rule. His resolution says, “Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, Department of Justice, relating to ‘‘Definition of ‘Engaged in the Business’ as a Dealer in Firearms,” and such rule shall have no force or effect.
Clyde’s resolution has 86 Republican co-sponsors: Reps.
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