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"Trivial Violations"?: The Myth of Overzealous Federal Enforcement Actions Against Licensed Gun Dealers
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"Trivial Violations"? examines every published Federal court decision over the last five years — 21 in all — in which gun dealers challenged ATF's license termination actions. Instead of "trivial violations," as the supporters of H.R. 5092 allege dealers commit before having their licenses terminated by ATF, the cases are replete with frequent and serious illegal conduct by dealers, including:

  • Selling guns to straw buyers, and even advising criminals to bring straw buyers into the store to fill out the paperwork;
  • Selling an assault pistol with its serial number obliterated;
  • Selling guns to juveniles;
  • Having no record of sale for hundreds or thousands of firearms that were acquired by the dealer but were no longer in store inventory;
  • Failing to conduct Brady background checks on gun buyers.

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"Trivial Violations"?: The Myth of Overzealous Federal Enforcement Actions Against Licensed Gun Dealers