{"id":3134,"date":"2024-04-15T05:58:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T05:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=3134"},"modified":"2024-04-15T05:58:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T05:58:00","slug":"those-wacky-atf-folks-changing-the-meaning-of-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=3134","title":{"rendered":"Those Wacky ATF Folks: Changing the Meaning of Words"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/AP23116593624430.jpg\" data-caption=\"Steven Dettelbach, director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), listens during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight of the ATF, Wednesday, April 26, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo\/Mariam Zuhaib)\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/AP23116593624430.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/AP23116593624430.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/AP23116593624430-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/AP23116593624430-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/AP23116593624430-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/AP23116593624430-560x373.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" alt=\"\" title=\"Steven Dettelbach\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steven Dettelbach, director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), listens during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight of the ATF, Wednesday, April 26, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo\/Mariam Zuhaib)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It appears those wacky bureaucrats with guns and jackboots are at it again. That\u2019s right, the ATF is trying to change laws and even the meaning of words to allow them to lord over even more of the U.S. citizenry who might have a desire to defend themselves or maybe just have a little fun shooting targets and such. Breitbart\u2019s AWR Hawkins reported the ATF\u2019s background check rule has expanded the definition of \u201csale\u201d in gun transactions to include services or bartering, which could effectively require private sellers to use the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As reported by Breitbart News, the rule aims to redefine what it means to be \u201cengaged in the business of selling guns,\u201d targeting those who sell guns for profit, frequently or through barter to ensure they go through background checks. This adjustment seeks to prevent individuals from bypassing licensing requirements through nonmonetary transactions. The rule was actually passed back in August 2023, but not much has been mentioned about this potential change in interpretation as changes in rules and laws under the Biden Administration would make a Native American shape-shifter jealous.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s more from the article:<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-paragraph-padding-2\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Much of the rule focuses on guns being sold for \u201cprofit,\u201d using degree of profit and frequency of sales to categorize private sellers as persons who must go through NICS to sell\/transfer guns.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>However, pages 26-27 of the rule equates \u201cpecuniary gain\u201d with \u201cprofit,\u201d opening the door for the ATF to redefine the word \u201csale\u201d so as to require a NICS check when a private seller is \u201cbartering\u201d over a gun.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Beginning with the last paragraph on Page 26 and reading into the first paragraph of page 27, the reader sees clearly that the ATF is defining the terms:\u00a0 \u201cDefining these terms to include any method of payment for a firearm would clarify that persons cannot avoid the licensing requirement by, for instance, bartering or\u00a0providing or receiving services in exchange for firearms with the predominant intent to earn pecuniary gain even where no money is exchanged.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Second Amendment Foundation founder and executive vice president Alan Gottlieb commented on the ATF rule, saying, \u201cThis is a continuation of the Biden war on guns. It is another attempt to get around Congress to make new laws without congressional approval.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/those-wacky-atf-folks-changing-the-meaning-of-words\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steven Dettelbach, director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), listens during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight of the ATF, Wednesday, April 26, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo\/Mariam Zuhaib) It appears those wacky bureaucrats with guns and jackboots are at it again. That\u2019s right, the ATF is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3134","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-reviews"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}