The new numbers are out, and the ATF, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, has released the updated data for inspections, warning letters, and revocations of federal firearms licenses ffls and the news is horrible. Now, I have reported on the campaign to revoke licenses of firearm retailers over very minor, very minor clerical errors with which the Biden administration and the ATF term a zero tolerance policy, you know, to rid the earth of rogue firearms dealers.

This policy, which was ordered in by the Joe Biden administration, is having devastating effects on small businesses and also hurting the ability of us in exercising our second Amendment rights when there are less ssls ffls around. For some folks. Before I get into it, I want to thank the sponsor of the video, and that’s the Sonoran Desert Institute. I know a lot of you out there are just like myself.

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So what are you waiting for? Check out the link down below and in the pinned comment Sdi. edu gng to learn more thanks to SDI for rocking with guns and gadgets for the last few years. Now back unfortunately, back to the Joe Biden’s ATF and some of the statistics that we learned. In 2023, the ATF revoked 157 federal firearms licenses following an IOI’s inspection. That’s the agent that goes in and checks the books and all that stuff.

That’s up from 88 that were revoked in 2022. That’s an alarming rate. That’s a lot of people who lost their jobs for sometimes very insignificant clerical errors. 165 FFLs were able to maintain their licenses after revocation hearings last year in 2023, which was up from 83 only the year prior in 2022. So you can see a lot more people. That’s twice as many that have had to fight to stay alive in this game.

Adffls, unfortunately, voluntarily surrendered their licenses last year instead of going through the expensive and difficult process of trying to clear their name due to what is a clerical error. Now that was up from 69 in 2022. Now, ATF has decided that they’re going to name and shame businesses that saw their licenses revoked or close after these clerical errors by publishing names of businesses. And that’s never happened before since the Joe Biden administration announced this ATF zero tolerance policy.

That was in the Rose Garden. I covered that live a couple years ago. A single violation can be interpreted as breaking the law. And the Gun Control act says that the ATF can revoke an FFL for a single violation. Now, previous to this zero tolerance rule change by Joe Biden, they do a lot of rule changes because they can’t do anything constitutionally. But prior to this new rule, clerical errors found during inspections were rectified with ATF IOI inspectors instructing firearm retailers their ffls on how to fix their error and how to stay within the regulations, how to follow the law, and how to stay in business.

Well, Joe Biden’s decided that they’re no longer going to help folks. They’re going to hurt folks instead. Now, there has been a bill submitted last month, about three weeks ago that is looking to address this. It’s called the reigning in federal Licensing Enforcement act, or the Rifle act. And that was submitted by Representative Mann out of Kansas. And the bill looks to reign in the ATF on this matter.

Now, this bill, the reason I’m telling you about this bill is that it could pass the House. It’s still in committee. There’s been no movement on it since the day it was introduced January 18. But it could pass the House, it won’t pass the Senate. And even if it did, Joe Biden is not signing a single bill that would restrict his ATF from doing what he absolutely told them to do administratively.

Not going to happen. But I wanted you guys and gals to be aware of the new numbers. They are out now. Last year when the numbers came out, I told you they were up about 300% from the year prior, and they are continuing to go up. Sound off below. Let me know what you think about this, especially if you are an FFL. If you have a horror story and you can tell us about it, then sign off down below.

Sound off down below. Let us know. And this needs to end. Needs to end soon. We need a change at the top. But that one person sitting at the top can’t change 50 years of chicanery by these two parties that are acting as one. Let me know what you think down below, guys and gals, check out SDI. And don’t forget, tomorrow morning, Tuesday, the Liberty Lounge podcast, episode one will air.

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