Warning of up coming regulations, from J&G Sales

[eeyore]

<http://www.jgsales.com/>


Dear J&G Customer,
This is a special notice to warn you of impending new gun regulation. The ATF has proposed to require gun dealers to provide directly to the ATF the names, addresses, and serial numbers for every purchase of two or more semi auto, mag fed rifles within a five day period!! They are trying to force this in by January 5th, without any approval from Congress, calling it a needed "emergency" regulation. This is backdoor registration of guns and gunowners.

Here is a quote from the notice by the NSSF (National Shooting Sports Foundation) regarding this burdensome and illegal move:

"The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is moving to require federally licensed firearms retailers to report multiple sales of modern sporting rifles beginning January 5, 2011. Specifically, the ATF requirement calls for firearms retailers to report multiple sales, or other dispositions, of two or more .22 caliber or larger semi-automatic rifles that are capable of accepting a detachable magazine and are purchased by the same individual within five consecutive business days."

We are encouraging everyone to contact the relevant officials to protest this move. The office that approves regulation changes like this that bypass Congress is the Office of Information and Regulation affairs of the DOJ and they can be reached at 202-395-6466. You can call your Senator and Representative at the US Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121.

The NSSF offers the following points to make when calling

1. "Multiple sales reporting of long guns will actually make it more difficult for licensed retailers to help law enforcement as traffickers modify their illegal schemes to circumvent the reporting requirement. Traffickers will go further underground, hiring more people to buy their firearms. This will make it much harder for retailers to identify and report suspicious behavior to law enforcement." 2. "Long guns are rarely used in crime (Bureau of Justice Statistics)." 3. "Imposing multiple sales-reporting requirements for long guns would further add to the already extensive paperwork and record-keeping requirements burdening America’s retailers – where a single mistake could cost them their license and even land them in jail." 4. "Last year, ATF inspected 2,000 retailers in border states and only two licenses were revoked (0.1%). These revocations were for reasons unknown and could have had nothing to do with illicit trafficking of guns; furthermore, no dealers were charged with any criminal wrongdoing." 5. "According to ATF, the average age of a firearm recovered in the United States is 11 years old. In Mexico it’s more than 14 years old. This demonstrates that criminals are not using new guns bought from retailers in the states." 6. "Congress, when it enacted multiple sales reporting for handguns, could have required multiple sales of long guns – it specifically chose not to."

Read the full notice by the NSSF here:
<http://www.nssfblog.com/atf-to-require-multiple-sales-reports-for-long-guns/>

http://www.nssfblog.com/atf-to-require-multiple-sales-reports-for-long-guns/

Read the full ATF document proposing this illegal move here: (PDF)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/documents/atf.pdf>

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/documents/atf.pdf

[Matt In Oklahoma]

This is what I sent out to my friends and family after getting my NRA e-mail on this :

and then it will spread to everyone else because it will not stop them from buying weapons, but hey it's for your protection, right? We have caught them buying weapons right here in Oklahoma no where near the border. I believe we just had a case where an "AGENT" was caught selling them weapons in Oklahoma right? Hmm and now AGENTS want special powers. What's the emergency, aint like this is new and we haven't been trying to seal the border with fence and walls which Pelosi and her bunch stopped right? I know, we were the ones building the fence right here in this State and it was replaced with "virtual" protective measures. How's those working folks? Virtually non-existent right. Don't fall for it folks. New "powers" don't protect anyone, physical security does. Good thing we don't run the prisons, nuclear sites and banks holding your money with "virtual" measures and special powers huh.

[Bearman202]

Matt, I'm confused. I thought the fence that Oklahoma was building was on the Ok/Texas border? (KIDDING!)

[Matt In Oklahoma]

Matt, I'm confused. I thought the fence that Oklahoma was building was on the Ok/Texas border? (KIDDING!)

hahahhahaha yep and we keep more than knee high water in our moat I mean border river too LOL

[Klayton]

Most will say it is no big deal as they do NOT buy 2 guns within a 5 day period.

But think OUTSIDE the box people... EVERY time they make an anti gun law it is one more nail in the coffin...
I crap you not, one city in Maryland while I was stationed there actually used ANOTHER city's gun ban law as proof THEY needed a gun ban.
Kind of like keeping up with the Jones'. Remember EVERY antigun step, is a step backwards for us...

[eeyore]

Think about the dad that has two kids, he buys both of them a gun (for Christmas) and now he is on a list, for no reason other then being a good dad, does not make a lot of sense.

[eeyore]

More on that subject

[QUOTE]More on ATF extending multiple sales reports to rifles

I'd noted earlier that ATFE has issued a proposed rule that will require reporting of multiple sales of rifles that accept detachable magazines. Here's the formal notice.

Dealers have long been required to report multiple sales of handguns to the same person within five business days of each other, but this is the first attempt to extend it to rifles. The core concern with the reporting is that the dealer not only logs the sale in his records, but must report it (with full description of the firearm and the purchaser) to the agency, which (it is safe to assume) computerizes it.

There are several violations of the Gun Control Act, as amended by the Firearm Owners' Protection Act. First, 18 USC

[eeyore]

Up date, it is at least on hold (temporarily)

White House Puts Hold On New ATF Multi-Rifle Sales Reporting
According to a story from Reuters, the White House and the Office of Management and Budget are delaying the implementation of the ATF's new "two-a-day" reporting rule that was supposed to start at the beginning of the year in the border states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.

The White House Office of Management and Budget was expected to approve the emergency rule change on Wednesday. But an official with direct knowledge told Reuters that "ATF's information collection request is still under review," and declined further comment until the "deliberative phase is concluded."
Of course, Paul Helmke of the Brady Campaign expressed disappointment and hoped that this was only a temporary delay. He termed it a "common-sense" policy and added:

"Dealers are already required to report multiple sales of handguns and this is just implementing the same thing for long guns," Helmke told Reuters.

"It shouldn't be that much more of a burden on anyone in terms of paperwork and data collection, and it could help save lives ... It seems like a measure that should be fairly noncontroversial."

At the heart of this "delay" is stiff opposition from gun rights groups and their allies - including Democrats - in Congress. The Montana delegation has been particularly vociferous on the issue.

The Gunleaders.com Blog has the documents submitted by ATF to OMB in justification of their reporting rule. The ATF estimated that the cost to FFL's would be nil since most would fax it in and that the new reporting rule would have no impact on small businesses. Unless the ATF is providing a toll free number there is a cost. Moreover, the overwhelming majority of gun shops in this country are not the "big box" stores but rather small businesses.

If the White House is wavering on this, now is time to put more pressure on them. Call, fax, write, or email both your Senators and your Congressman opposing this "emergency" requirement that is only supposed to last 6 months if one believes the Federal Register. Note that in the documents submitted to the OMB by ATF, they are saying one year.

http://onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com/2011/01/white-house-puts-hold-on-new-atf-multi.html