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posted by martyb on Tuesday April 14 2020, @01:28AM   Printer-friendly
from the federal-department-of-booze-butts-bangs-and-bombs dept.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/04/10/feds-allow-drive-up-gun-sales-ease-dealers-buyers-virus-worries/5134084002/:

Feds allow for drive-up gun sales to ease dealers', buyers' coronavirus worries

The Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, in new guidance to federally licensed firearm retailers, said Friday that dealers can provide drive-up or walk-up service to reduce health risks posed by the coronavirus.

[...] Licensees "may carry out the requested activities through a drive-up or walk-up window or doorway where the customer is on the licensee's property, on the exterior of the brick-and-mortar structure at the address listed on the license," the ATF said in a Friday bulletin.

Transactions may not be carried from "a nearby space" that is not part of the dealers' property unless they are participating in qualified gun shows.

Larry Keane, general counsel for the firearms industry trade group National Shooting Sports Foundation, said Friday that the organization raised the issue with the ATF more than two weeks ago as dealers sought to navigate various government orders limiting business activity.

[...] Except in the states of Massachusetts, New Mexico, New York and Washington, gun dealers have been open for business during the pandemic.

Keane said the new ATF guidance in no way alters the requirements for background checks.

Show of hands: who could ever have expected THIS?


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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 14 2020, @07:26AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 14 2020, @07:26AM (#982446)

    What's funny is all the people who suddenly realize that all the Antis who told them that buying a gun is as easy as getting an ice cream, or you can buy guns on the internet implying Prime delivery to your doorstep rather than to an FFL, or whatever myth they want to generate, were lying like dogs.

    https://www.redstate.com/kiradavis/2020/04/10/815520/ [redstate.com]

    More than a dozen of these buyers (men and women) actually thought that since they filled out and signed everything, they could just walk out and go home with the firearm. Several actually said they saw how easy it was to buy a gun on TV and why did they have to fill out all these forms.

            The majority of these first timers lost their minds when we went through the Ammo Law requirements. Most used language not normally heard, even in a gun range. We pointed out that since no one working here voted for these laws, then maybe they might know someone who did. And, maybe they should go back and talk to those people and tell them to re-think their position on firearms – we were trying to be nice.

            Most were VERY vocal about why it takes 10 days minimum (sometimes longer if the DOJ is backed up) to take their property home with them. They ask why do I need to wait 10 days if I need the protection today or tomorrow? We pointed out again that no one working here voted in support of that law.

            They really went crazy when we told them that for each firearm they had to do the same amount of paperwork and they could only purchase ONE handgun every 30 days. Again, we didn’t [vote] for that law.

            We had people cuss at us and stomp out when we explained that secondary identification had to be part of the paperwork, as they felt insulted that what they had wasn’t good enough. We have a number of Yelp reviews calling us names and other things about how bad we are because of this whole new buyer rush

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  • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 14 2020, @03:45PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 14 2020, @03:45PM (#982620)

    The percentage of shit-scared idiots must be high in that home of the brave of yours.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 14 2020, @09:41PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 14 2020, @09:41PM (#982786)

      Not my state -- the article is out of CA but I've seen a number of similar articles from various places. The fact is, buying a firearm is absolutely loaded with bureaucracy but if you listen to politicians, they lie and say it's easy peasy.

      Anyway, to your point, only a moron would feel invincible while unarmed against an assailant with a gun and smart people prepare for rare but real contingencies -- having a gun for self-protection is like having a fire extinguisher near your cook stove -- you hope to never need it, but it would really suck to need it and not have it.