Comment on FR Doc # 2026-09157
Rangemasters Shooting RangeOpposeIndividual
Summary: The commenter opposes the proposed rule, arguing that it favors large online retailers over small, local firearm shops. They express concern that direct-shipping requirements will harm rural businesses and remove the human judgment involved in in-person sales.
Under this rule, no one ever has to say yes to the sale. A sale for a standard firearm should involve human judgment and a physical shop, not just a digital wait time that ignores the loss of local businesses. Small, rural shops depend on in-person sales to stay open. If big online stores can ship guns directly to doors, they will kill the local dealers who actually know their neighbors and stop bad sales. ATF’s own report says this change forces customers to pay extra fees just to check their ID. Please strike these direct-shipping rules for standard guns and keep the current system where local shops thrive.