Biden administration moves to force thousands more gun dealers to run background checks
Source: AP
Updated 5:04 AM EDT, April 11, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands more firearms dealers across the U.S. will have to run background checks on buyers when selling at gun shows or other places outside brick-and-mortar stores, according to a Biden administration rule that will soon go into effect.The rule aims to close a loophole that has allowed tens of thousands of guns to be sold every year by unlicensed dealers who don’t perform background checks to ensure the potential buyer is not legally prohibited from having a firearm.
It’s the administration’s latest effort to combat the scourge of gun violence across the country. But in a contentious election year, it’s also an effort to show voters — especially younger ones for whom gun violence deeply resonates — that the White House is trying to stop the deaths.
“This is going to keep guns out of the hands of domestic abusers and felons,” President Joe Biden said in a statement. “And my Administration is going to continue to do everything we possibly can to save lives. Congress needs to finish the job and pass universal background checks legislation now.”
The rule, which was finalized this week, makes clear that anyone who sells firearms predominantly to earn a profit must be federally licensed and conduct background checks, regardless of whether they are selling on the internet, at a gun show or at a brick-and-mortar store, Attorney General Merrick Garland told reporters.
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Link to ATF PRESS RELEASE - Justice Department Publishes New Rule To Update Definition of "Engaged in the Business" as a Firearms Dealer
Link to ATF Rule page - https://www.atf.gov/firearms/final-rule-definition-engaged-business-dealer-firearms
Link to ATF Rule (PDF) - https://www.atf.gov/rules-and-regulations/docs/ruling/atf-final-rule-definition-engaged-business-dealer-firearms/download
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where each "individual sale" IS considered "an individual/personal sale" of what they might have in their "collection".
THAT is the problem when it comes to firearms.
If they are a gun collector who claims that they were not "buying" their guns to sell later because they are just a "hobbyist collector", then who would one be to dispute that? They would argue that they could maybe decide to "sell or trade a few later" - just like people who buy/sell stamps or baseball cards or dolls. 
but it seems those in the pockets of the NRA continue to block that so it ends up with "Executive actions" like this to try to fix what the NRA-funded Congress doesn't want fixed. 
