{"id":3350,"date":"2024-05-27T23:02:04","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T23:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=3350"},"modified":"2024-05-27T23:02:04","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T23:02:04","slug":"atf-director-struggles-to-define-engaged-in-the-business-threshold-during-house-judiciary-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=3350","title":{"rendered":"ATF Director Struggles to Define &#8220;Engaged in the Business&#8221; Threshold During House Judiciary Hearing"},"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\/2022\/05\/AP22145635802555-scaled.jpg\" data-caption=\"ATF Director Steven Dettelbach (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/AP22145635802555-696x464.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/AP22145635802555-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/AP22145635802555-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/AP22145635802555-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/AP22145635802555-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/AP22145635802555-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/AP22145635802555-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/AP22145635802555-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/AP22145635802555-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/AP22145635802555-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/AP22145635802555-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/AP22145635802555-560x373.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" alt=\"Steven Dettelbach\" title=\"Steven Dettelbach\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">ATF Director Steven Dettelbach (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>AWR Hawkins over at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/2nd-amendment\/2024\/05\/23\/atf-director-cant-say-what-point-private-citizen-becomes-engaged-business-selling-guns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Breitbart<\/a> is reporting that ATF Director Steven Dettelbach faced pointed questions from Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) regarding the new universal background check rule during a House Judiciary hearing on Thursday. Gaetz sought a precise definition of what constitutes \u201cengaged in the business\u201d of selling firearms, a key element in the enforcement of the rule.<\/p>\n<p>Dettelbach admitted that there is no specific numerical threshold for when private citizens are considered firearms dealers. Instead, he explained that the rule is \u201cconduct based,\u201d spanning over 400 pages of explanation and does not pinpoint an exact number of firearms sold.<\/p>\n<p>The lack of clarity prompted criticism from Gaetz, who highlighted that this ambiguity led U.S. District Court Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk to issue a temporary restraining order (TRO) on May 19. The TRO halts the enforcement of the ATF rule in Texas and protects members of several pro-gun organizations, including Gun Owners of America, the Virginia Citizens Defense League and the Tennessee Firearm Association among others.<\/p>\n<p>Gaetz argued that the uncertainty surrounding the threshold could put law-abiding citizens at risk, emphasizing the need for clear guidelines to prevent potentially dangerous enforcement actions by the ATF. Dettelbach noted that the agency had received numerous comments on the rule, indicating widespread concern over the issue.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/atf-director-struggles-to-define-engaged-in-the-business-threshold-during-house-judiciary-hearing\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ATF Director Steven Dettelbach (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite) Next Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6 AWR Hawkins over at Breitbart is reporting that ATF Director Steven Dettelbach faced pointed questions from Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) regarding the new universal background check rule during a House Judiciary hearing on Thursday. Gaetz sought a precise definition of what constitutes \u201cengaged [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3351,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3350","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\/3350","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=3350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3350\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}