Authored by Michael Clements via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
A rule to redefine what doing business as a gun dealer means—proposed by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)—is supported by a majority of public commenters, with 10 days left in the comment period.
On Nov. 27, more than 230,000 of the 280,098 comments supported the plan. This is an estimate based on a review by The Epoch Times.
A search of the comments section revealed that 237,172 comments include the opening sentence about loopholes in federal law from a sample email posted on the Everytown for Gun Safety webpage.
Everytown for Gun Safety (Everytown) did not respond to an email seeking comment for this report.
On its webpage, Everytown claims that “loopholes” in the law allow the sale of guns to criminals through online sales, private transactions, and gun shows.
“The regulation goes directly to the loopholes we have been trying to close for years by expanding background checks to guns offered for sale online or at gun…
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