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WASHINGTON -- In an effort to stem the illicit flow of weapons into Mexico, the Justice Department announced Monday that all gun shops in four Southwest border states will be required to alert the federal government to frequent buyers of high-powered rifles.

The new policy comes amid criticism of a failed federal probe aimed at dismantling large-scale arms trafficking networks along the Arizona border with Mexico.

In the probe, called Operation Fast and Furious, several agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives say they were inexplicably ordered by superiors to stop tracking some small-time "straw" buyers who purchased large numbers of weapons apparently destined for drug cartels.

Under the new policy, federal firearms licensees in Texas, California, Arizona and New Mexico must report purchases of two or more of some types of rifles by the same person in a five-day span. The requirement applies to purchases of semi-automatic rifles that have detachable magazines and a caliber of greater than .22.

ATF estimates it will generate 18,000 reports a year.

Deputy Attorney General James Cole said the new reporting measure will improve the ATF's ability to disrupt illegal weapons trafficking networks that funnel firearms to criminal organizations.

One of the critics of Operation Fast and Furious called the new policy "the height of hypocrisy."

The Obama administration is restricting the gun rights of border state citizens, "when the administration knowingly and intentionally allowed guns to be trafficked into Mexico," said House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith, R-Texas.

"Limiting the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens is not going to solve the problem," Smith said.

ATF estimates the requirement will cover nearly 8,500 gun store operators in the four states, though less than 30 percent of those operators are expected to have multiple sales to report.

ATF will retain the information and if no investigative leads have been realized after two years, it will be purged.

Holders of federal firearms licenses already report multiple sales of handguns. The results go to the National Tracing Center, and ATF says it has led to successful prosecutions for firearms trafficking.

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Mistake after mistake. Blunder after blunder.

Change the subject, business as usual.

Socialists in action.

 

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The plan (which is ILLEGAL) to report the sales of multiple (meaning more than one rigle bought at once) rigles was 'in the works' LONG BEFORE  'Project Fast and Furious' came to light. So long, in fact, that the BATFE had time to design new paperwork for the country's FFL dealers AND have the forms delivered.

 

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Obama Administration Approves

Illegal Multiple Sales Reporting
Requirement

 

On Monday, the Justice Department announced that it will proceed with a controversial
reporting procedure that will require federally licensed firearms retailers in
states bordering Mexico to report multiple sales of
semi-automatic rifles.

Last fall, the reporting procedure was proposed as
an “emergency" measure by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
Explosives.  The procedure specifically calls for all of the firearm retailers
in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas 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 that are purchased by
the same individual within five consecutive business days.  For example, a
dealer would have to tell the government every time a deer hunter in Sacramento or Amarillo finds a good deal on a pair of semi-auto
.30-06s like the popular Remington 7400.

The BATFE has no legal authority
to demand these reports, and the flood of new paperwork (BATFE estimates 18,000
reports per year) will waste scarce law enforcement resources that should be
spent on legitimate investigations.

Deputy Attorney General James Cole
said in the DOJ statement that this new reporting measure “will improve the
ability of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to detect and
disrupt the illegal weapons trafficking networks responsible for diverting
firearms from lawful commerce to criminals and criminal
organizations.”

As anyone who watches the news is aware, the BATFE has
recently come under intense scrutiny due to its involvement in, and handling of,
the ill-conceived and ill-fated “Fast and Furious” operation.  "Fast and
Furious" was a part of the five-year-old "Project Gunrunner" program and
encouraged Arizona gun stores to sell thousands of guns to suspicious buyers,
despite objections from dealers and BATFE field agents alike.

House
Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) called the new policy "the
height of hypocrisy," and said the Obama administration is restricting the gun
rights of border state citizens "when the administration knowingly and
intentionally allowed guns to be trafficked into Mexico.”  Smith went on to say,
“Limiting the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens is not going to
solve the problem."

Earlier this year, the U.S. House of Representatives
voted on and passed, by a vote of 277 to 149, an amendment to H.R. 1 offered by
Reps. Denny Rehberg (R-Mont.) and Dan Boren (D-Okla.) that prohibits the use of federal funds
for the reporting scheme.

Unfortunately, the amendment was not included in the final
version of the bill as a result of Senate inaction.  In March, U.S. Sens. Jon
Tester (D-Mont.) and Richard Burr (R-N.C.) introduced legislation (S. 570) “to
prohibit the Department of Justice from tracking and cataloguing the purchases
of multiple rifles and shotguns."  The bill would prohibit the use of federal
funds for a multiple sales reporting scheme proposed by the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.  Please contact your Senator and encourage him
or her to cosponsor S. 570 to stop this blatant abuse of power. You can reach
your Senators at (202) 224-3121 or send them an
e-mail by clicking here.

Commenting on the DOJ announcement,
NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox said, “$40 billion transnational
criminal enterprises don't fill out paperwork and are not deterred by paperwork
violations.  This is a blatant effort by the Obama administration and ATF to
divert the focus of Congress and the general public from their gross
incompetence in the 'Fast and Furious' scandal.  This scheme will unjustly
burden law abiding retailers in border states.  It will not affect drug cartels
and it won't prevent violence along our borders.  The BATFE and the
Administration lack the statutory authority to do this and the NRA will file
suit as soon as BATFE sends the first demand letters.”

Last edited by dogsoldier0513
Originally Posted by JimiHendrix:
Dogsoldier should go back to law school. He must have gotten straight F's the first time.

Actually, I finished my undergraduate schooling with a 3.5 GPA and my graduate schooling with a 3.8 GPA. How're you doing in daycare?

 

House Committee Passes Amendment to Defund Illegal Obama
Firearm Sales Reporting Requirement

 

Today, during consideration of the FY 2012 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bill, pro-gun U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-Mont.) offered an amendment to prohibit the use of funds for a new and unauthorized multiple sales reporting plan proposed by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The Amendment was passed by a vote of
25-16.

Originally Posted by dogsoldier0513:
Originally Posted by JimiHendrix:
Dogsoldier should go back to law school. He must have gotten straight F's the first time.

Actually, I finished my undergraduate schooling with a 3.5 GPA and my graduate schooling with a 3.8 GPA. How're you doing in daycare?

 


Come on Dog, you know he's in High School.

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