{"id":33563,"date":"2023-08-31T20:17:39","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T20:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=33563"},"modified":"2023-08-31T20:17:43","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T20:17:43","slug":"doj-says-one-thing-and-does-another","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=33563","title":{"rendered":"DOJ Says One Thing And Does Another"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:1779,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.atf.gov\\\/firearms\\\/definition-engaged-business-dealer-firearms&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:1780,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.justice.gov\\\/opa\\\/pr\\\/justice-department-proposes-new-regulation-update-definition-engaged-business-firearms&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:1781,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/thegunwriter.substack.com\\\/p\\\/public-strongly-supporting-texas&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260211130729\\\/https:\\\/\\\/thegunwriter.substack.com\\\/p\\\/public-strongly-supporting-texas&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-15 20:22:09&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 00:53:24&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 00:53:24&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:1782,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/thegunwriter.substack.com\\\/p\\\/federal-judge-blasts-atf-for-its&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:1783,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.ammoland.com\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/congress-members-stop-atf-inspection-of-the-nations-largest-gun-dealer\\\/#axzz8BzvfRfS7&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:1784,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.fox7austin.com\\\/news\\\/austin-texas-gun-store-owner-lawsuit-bump-stock-ban&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260218022710\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.fox7austin.com\\\/news\\\/austin-texas-gun-store-owner-lawsuit-bump-stock-ban&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-15 20:23:05&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 00:53:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 00:53:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:1785,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.foxnews.com\\\/politics\\\/second-amendment-group-files-lawsuit-against-atf-over-zero-tolerance-policy-closing-gun-stores&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>The Department of Justice announced a new <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atf.gov\/firearms\/definition-engaged-business-dealer-firearms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">regulation<\/a><\/strong> and plans to update the definition as just who is a dealer in firearms. I won&#8217;t get into the meat of the proposal but one thing in their release just jumped out at me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/justice-department-proposes-new-regulation-update-definition-engaged-business-firearms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">news release<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Federally licensed firearms dealers are critical partners to federal, state, local, Tribal, and territorial law enforcement in our shared goal of promoting public safety. They help keep firearms out of the hands of prohibited persons by running background checks on potential purchasers; ensure that crime guns can be traced back to their first retail purchaser by keeping records of transactions; and facilitate safe storage of firearms by providing child-safety locks with every transferred handgun and offering customers other secure gun storage options.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>If FFLs are such critical partners to law enforcement in the shared goal of promoting public safety, then why does the Biden Administration demand the ATF treat them like shit? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thegunwriter.substack.com\/p\/public-strongly-supporting-texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">stories <\/a><\/strong>after <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thegunwriter.substack.com\/p\/federal-judge-blasts-atf-for-its\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">story <\/a><\/strong>about how the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ammoland.com\/2023\/03\/congress-members-stop-atf-inspection-of-the-nations-largest-gun-dealer\/#axzz8BzvfRfS7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ATF&#8217;s Industry Operations Inspector<\/a><\/strong>s are combing the records of dealers during their audits looking for something, anything, with which to use to revoke the dealer&#8217;s license. They are deeming clerical errors as &#8220;willful&#8221; and thus subject to zero tolerance. Moreover, if a dealer just happens to be a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/news\/austin-texas-gun-store-owner-lawsuit-bump-stock-ban\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">plaintiff <\/a><\/strong>in a civil rights lawsuit against the ATF, they are doubly sure of getting a rectal exam type of audit from ATF. Witness the cases of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2023\/07\/01\/tell-me-this-is-not-retribution.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Michael Cargill<\/a><\/strong> in Texas and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/second-amendment-group-files-lawsuit-against-atf-over-zero-tolerance-policy-closing-gun-stores\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Morehouse Enterprises<\/a><\/strong> in North Dakota.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Justice announced a new regulation and plans to update the definition as just who is a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[371,5479],"class_list":["post-33563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-batfe","tag-us-dept-of-justice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33563"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33564,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33563\/revisions\/33564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}