Biden crackdown is bad news for gun dealers

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• Biden crackdown is bad news for gun dealers: Joe Biden's attack on Americans' Second Amendment rights in the name of "commonsense gun control" is resulting in an increase in the number of gun dealers losing their licenses. The number licenses revoked by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) last fiscal year topped out at 122. That number was up from 90 the previous year and 27 in fiscal year 2021. During both the Obama and Trump eras, the annual number of dealers who lost their licenses never exceeded 81. It's apparent that Biden's ATF has been ratcheting up its dubious paperwork demands on gun dealers in an effort to shut them down. One gun dealer who fell victim to Biden's ATF contends, "This policy is designed to be a backdoor violation of the Second Amendment." Ironically, Biden's ATF is making an enemy out of gun dealers, who have acted as the first line of defense against illegal gun trafficking. As former ATF Deputy Assistant Director Peter Forcelli observes, "Why are we now beating an ally into submission?"