Comedy Gold: ATF “Loosens” Restrictions on Gun Sales to Foreigners

New post on Scotty Starnes's Blog Comedy Gold: ATF "Loosens" Restrictions on Gun Sales to Foreigners by Scotty Starnes At a time when the ATF is under the microscope for trafficking firearms to a foreign country via their scandalous Fast and Furious operation, here comes this news nugget. Via AllGov.com: The Obama administration has decided to eliminate a 1998 restriction on the sale of guns to foreigners, claiming federal law does not allow the government to have different gun-control rules for noncitizens. In a letter to firearms dealers, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) said it would no longer require sellers to obtain proof from foreign buyers that they have lived in the state for 90 days. The rule was originally instituted after a disturbed Palestinian, 69-year-old Ali Abu Kamal, admitted to the United States on a legal nonimmigrant visa, bought a 380-caliber Beretta semiautomatic handgun in Florida and, on the observation deck of the Empire State Building in New York City, shot to death one person and injured six others. The ATF and DOJ under Obama have no issues with giving guns to foreigners. Ask the Mexican government. "The Department of Justice … has recently concluded that, as a matter of law, applying a more stringent State residency requirement for aliens legally present in the U.S. than for U.S. citizens is incompatible with the language of the [Gun Control Act]," the ATF letter reads. Some gun-control advocates criticized the change. Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-New Jersey) said that eliminating the regulation defied "common sense and puts Americans at risk" because it could make it easier for foreign terrorists to obtain weapons inside the country. What else would one expect from an administration who has been supplying the Mexican drug cartels with firearms? Scotty Starnes | December 27, 2011 at 12:07 PM | Tags: ATF, Department of Justice, foreign citizens, Gun Control Act | Categories: Political Issues | URL: http://wp.me/pvnFC-6hs Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/2011/12/27/comedy-gold-atf-loosens-restrictions-on-gun-sales-to-foreigners/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com

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