Ark Joining Multi-State ATF Suit on New Dealer Def'n

[Craig_AR]

Arkansas Attorney General announced May 1, 2024, that the state is joining 20 other states in lawsuit against new ATF Rule on gun sales needing license as an illegal rule. Note the annoying (but common) practice of the article referring repeatedly to the "gun show loophole" as if it were a thing,

Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin announces suit against ATF challenging federal regulation on firearm sales | Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin announced early Wednesday a lawsuit against the Biden administration and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives regarding a new rule that, according to the administration, would effectively close what is known as the gun show loophole.

www.arkansasonline.com

 

[Howland937]

Forget gun shows. I'm still wondering how all these people are buying guns online without a BGC and having them delivered to their house. I've read as many articles about that as I have the "gun show loophole"

 

[Craig_AR]

without a BGC

What is a BGC? And can you link to at least ons such article? I am truly curious about the purchases if they are not blackpowrder guns.

 

[rust collector]

I assume BGC means background check. Recently we have seen many failures of background checks to stop transactions, and they are not available to private citizens who might want to use them to avoid selling to a legitimately disqualified person, yet there is a big press to drive every transaction to one of the increasingly rare FFLs. As with most attempts to regulate human activity, the proposed regs will drive much of it underground. I suppose the regulators think it's a plus when you have to produce a pedigree for any gun in one's possession, because at some point there will be a presumption that it is illegal and many will become criminals in the process. In the end, however, it will send the rats scurrying for deeper cover and we likely will lose more LEOs in the process of trying to make more criminals rather than dealing effectively with those we have now.

Definitions of the line between personal collection and merchandising have been purposely left vague for many years. Regulators could use that vagueness to intimidate people. The new definition remains vague, but furthers the agenda of the current administration in sweeping more common human behavior into the arch criminal category which is helpful for horrifying the populace and getting more restrictions in place.

 

[Howland937]

BGC...BackGround Check.

Tongue-in-cheek

I will try to find one of the misleading anti-gun articles where "Internet gun sales" are lamented. They're often depicted as allowing people to order a firearm and take possession as easily as buying shoes on Amazon. Of course it's no more true than gun shows being a loophole.

 

[Craig_AR]

I assume BGC means background check. Recently we have seen many failures of background checks to stop transactions, and they are not available to private citizens who might want to use them to avoid selling to a legitimately disqualified person

A number of years ago, during a Democrat-heavy state government, Virginia law required State Police to be at all gun shows, offering voluntary background checks so those engaging in non-FFL face to face sales could run a check if desired. The gun show crowd only very rarely used that service. I have been gone from Virginia for 5 years, but I believe that service still exists, but during the more recent Democrat governor's term the state adopted Universal Background Check so all non-FFL sales also must use a check.

 

[alsaqr]

Arkansas had some skin in the game:/URL]