Senior ATF Official Proposes Loosening Gun Regulations

By Aaron Spuler | February 6, 2017 |

The second-highest-ranking official at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has written a proposal to reduce gun regulations, including examining a possible end to the ban on importing assault weapons into the United States.

The 11-page “white paper” by Ronald B. Turk, associate deputy director and chief operating officer of the ATF, calls for removing restrictions on the sale of gun silencers; allowing gun dealers to have more guns used in crimes traced to their stores before the federal government requires additional information from the dealer; and initiating a study on lifting the ban on imported assault weapons.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/senior-atf-official-proposes-loosening-gun-regulations/2017/02/06/beeb1120-ec7c-11e6-9662-6eedf1627882_story.html

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3 Comments

  1. Tim on February 6, 2017 at 2:39 pm

    A predictable tactic, I suppose. ‘Lift’ the suppressor restriction (temporarily) to mitigate actual reform of the NFA until a democrat re-enters the white house.

    Hopefully this doesn’t work.



  2. Mark Adams on February 6, 2017 at 6:20 pm

    I would especially like to see the restrictions on suppressors removed.



  3. Tim on February 7, 2017 at 3:15 am

    But we should want the law changed. Not just some temporary, bureaucratic change that gets reversed after Elizabeth Warren gets in the White House in 8 years.