A proposed rule from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has a growing number of Republicans led by Rep. Michael Cloud (R-Texas) worried.
They believe the agency might use it to one day create a backdoor gun registry. And regardless of Congress's wishes.
The recently-proposed rule essentially removes the 20-year burn date that the federal firearms licensees must abide by, requiring them to preserve firearm purchase records older than two decades.
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While the preservation of records may not seem like a big deal, the federal licensees are required to submit their records to the ATF upon closing up shop – meaning every American gun owner's record would eventually end up in the ATF's hands.
“The Biden administration is yet again ignoring the real threats against America and instead using political leverage to encroach on the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens,” Cloud told Fox News in a statement.
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“This proposed rule would be a giant leap toward a federal firearm registry, which is explicitly banned by law,” the Texas Republican continued. “Requiring federal firearm licensees to preserve records older than 20 years will enable the Biden administration to collect more information on law-abiding gun owners, all with the purpose of eventually having a registry of every gun owner in the United States.”
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Seems like this would be a violation of the Undue Burden standard, and therefore may be unconstitutional on its face.
To use the imposition of an undue burden to then offer to helpfully store records, then conduct a concerted effort to “demonstrate” that physical record keeping as required under current law is burdensome on the government is an interesting method to circumvent established law on gun registry data. Smart, for certain, but absolutely transparent.
The junkies namely do not need to know who owns what. That’s pretty close to communism to have everything of the people wide open for govt to rule on.
Go Joe Brandon go. This nation will be better off once Joe and Kamala are defeated legally.
The only permit you need to bear arms is one you do not have to buy or carry on your person.
It is called the US Constitution.