The gun shop owner and U.S. Representative from Georgia’s 9th Congressional District has introduced a resolution to make the ATF’s “engaged in the business” rule of “no force or effect.”
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) announced their proposed rule August 31, 2023 to redefine what it means to be “engaged in the buisness of selling guns.”
The rule is now in effect as of May 20th, 2024, and expands the instances in which an unlicensed seller must use the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) to sell or transfer a gun — essentially banning the private sale of firearms, or even lending a firearm to a family member or friend.
Reports say violators of this rule will be punished with up to five years in prison and $250,000 in fines.
Rep. Clyde’s resolution to block the rule 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.”
In an interview, Clyde went on to explain his reasoning for introducing this resolution:
“Private citizens should not be forced to jump through unelected anti-gun bureaucrats’ unconstitutional hurdles in order to engage in lawful firearms transactions. The ATF’s concerning pattern of criminalizing the American people for exercising their unalienable right to keep and bear arms must be met with swift congressional action. My legislation provides a simple solution to block the implementation of and funding for this unlawful, convoluted, and burdensome rule — protecting Americans’ Second Amendment liberties from the Biden Administration’s nefarious overreach.”
Clyde’s resolution has garnered 86 co-sponsors in the U.S. House so far.
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