In a previous statement, the advocacy group stated that the agency doesn't have the resources nor the intent to handle the massive increase in Federal Firearms Licenses that the proposed rule would result in if its terms were adopted. "The proposal is a transparent attempt to strong-arm Internet service providers, gun shows, technology platforms and other facilitators to abandon any involvement in private gun sales with vague threats of 'administrative action' for non-compliance," the statement added. "Meanwhile, the cartels, gang members, firearm smugglers and violent sociopaths Congress had in mind when passing the law that supposedly enables the proposal will be entirely unaffected." According to Kozuch, if President Joe Biden's government is truly serious about fighting crime, they would instead strengthen existing laws and reform their soft-on-crime policies to target actual criminals instead of law-abiding American gun owners. Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen and the coalition of Republican attorneys general echo the sentiment in their letter to the ATF, pointing to the unconstitutionality of the rule. "The proposed rule is violating the Second Amendment by making any individual who sells a firearm without a federal license liable to civil, administrative, or even criminal penalties," said a Dec. 7 news release from Knudsen's office. The said rule was proposed in August and was open to comment from Sept. 9, when 350,000 people posted public comments on the Regulations.gov website. The public comment period on the rule ended Dec. 7.The Biden ATF's proposed rule, ATF2022R-17, is just another attempt to demolish our Second Amendment rights, with the potential to unjustly criminalize everyday Americans for engaging in lawful firearm transactions.@EmmColt/@FoxNews ➡️ https://t.co/3rIJaj1bLd pic.twitter.com/nfzdrZxpoI
— NRA (@NRA) December 13, 2023
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