No Retaining Every Gun In a System That Restricts Your Rights Act
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became Law
Overview
This bill aims to change how the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) handles records from gun stores that close down. Currently, these stores must send their transaction records to the ATF. This bill would eliminate that requirement and instead, require the ATF to destroy all records it already has collected from closed gun stores.
Key provisions
- Requires the ATF to destroy firearm transaction records from closed gun stores.
- Sets a 90-day deadline for the ATF to destroy existing records.
- Removes the requirement for closed gun stores to deliver records to the Attorney General.
- Amends Section 923(g)(4) of Title 18, United States Code, to remove sentences related to record retention.
Who is affected
- Federal Firearms Licensees (FFLs)
- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)
- The Attorney General
Notable changes
- Changes the ATF’s record retention policy for firearms businesses.
- Eliminates the obligation for closed FFLs to provide records to the ATF.
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