Comment on FR Doc # 2026-09159
Michelle FoxOpposeIndividual
Summary: The commenter opposes the proposed rule because it creates a loophole that allows gun dealers to avoid license revocation if they can claim ignorance of their employees' violations. They argue that the proposal favors the gun lobby and undermines community safety by making it harder to hold "bad actors" accountable.
Despite being behind the counter and selling dangerous weapons, there are little to no policies in place to make sure employees are adequately trained to follow the law or gun safety best practices.
Currently, federal law states that the ATF has the power to revoke a gun dealer’s license when they’ve violated a rule or regulation. This is a key part of the ATF’s job of putting shady dealers out of business.
But now the Trump Administration has proposed that a license can only be revoked if a dealer knows that their employees violated the law. If the employees are never trained on the law...how will they know if they broke it? This loophole gives shady dealers the legal cover to look the other way.
Yet again, this administration has cooked up a regulatory scheme to appease the gun lobby and put dangerous firearms in the hands of people who shouldn’t have them. We are asking for bad actors to be held accountable for the safety of our communities. There is still time to push back against this dangerous change to ATF rules.