Fair Treatment of FFL Dealers by the ATF

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We, the undersigned are petitioning for the fair treatment of licensed law abiding firearm dealers by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).

Federally licensed dealers across the nation are being targeted and shut down for minor and unintentional clerical errors. Imagine having your drivers license revoked because you did not completely spell out the word no when answering a yes or no question on your application 5 years ago.

The ATF begins with an audit revealing petty violations which are usually minor clerical errors. They list these errors as "willful" which congress set in the wording to protect FFL dealers. The dealers Federal Firearms License is then revoked and the dealer must enter an appeals process which is extremely unfair. You appeal to the ATF and they in turn decide that they were right in revoking your license. This is the equivalent of being in court and having the prosecuting attorney act as an adviser to the judge. The dealer must then take the case to Federal court incurring months of litigation and astronomical legal fees.

We demand that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) be stopped in their blatant targeting of law abiding dealers and that a fair, constitutional and speedy appeals process put into place.

5959 Signatures

  • Chase A
  • Justin D
  • Jason F
    • Comments
    • Remember the 2nd!!!!!
  • James C
  • Bryan Y
    • Comments
    • The ATF needs to quit wasting tax payers dollars by pursing FFL dealers over petty issues and focus their efforts on what they were originally created to do. If not, then disband them and save the govrnment/tax payers money in the process.
  • edna naylor c
    • Comments
    • very good idea
  • Olin G
    • Comments
    • Reds Trading Post is a good business that needs to be left alone by the ATF
  • zack s
  • Bill S
    • Comments
    • Go after the REAL criminals!
  • Krist F
  • James R D
  • Linda D
  • Bryan F
  • Tara D
    • Comments
    • Only tyrants fear armed citizens.
  • jim a
    • Comments
    • There is a new use for a paperclip on your shirt!(look back to the scandinavians during WW2)
  • LT Donald L S
    • Comments
    • Synonym of BATFE = GESTAPO, We stopped them in Germany now they are here
  • James S
    • Comments
    • The ATF needs to be held accountable!
  • Stephen M
  • Thomas S
  • Danny K
    • Comments
    • Bureau of Accusations Treachery Falsification
  • Patrick K
    • Comments
    • Oppose the Michael J. Sullivan appointment, he's another anti-gun zealot
  • Charles T
  • Chris D
    • Comments
    • Stop the UNFAIR practices by the ATF!!
  • kevin l
    • Comments
    • it is our god given right to be armed
  • Rita C
    • Comments
    • the ATF mission needs to be cut short by any means available
  • Steven J M
    • Comments
    • 2nd amendment baby
  • Ken R
  • J. L
    • Comments
    • I want our US citizens to be able to defend themselves whenever necessary. If our guns are taken, only the unlawful will retain and have access to them. Bad scene!!!
  • 1LT Vincent Usaraga US Army, A
  • Mike J
    • Comments
    • I'M WELL AWARE THAT WE'RE PROBABLY JUST POURING WATER DOWN A GOPHER HOLE, BUT AS OUR PAST PRESIDENT ONCE SAID..."FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS"...ALL WE CAN DO IS PRAY THAT THE GUN OWNERS OF THIS COUNTRY WAKE UP...AND PRAY I DO......
  • Mark S
    • Comments
    • treat people the way you wish to be treated!
  • John L. Laubscher, J
    • Comments
    • The ironey of it all is to me, the gun banners will use guns to take away my guns if it ever comes down to me turning my guns in.
  • JohnCody
    • Comments
    • Isn't it time we start to enforce the constitution and stop trying to put America out of business. The ATF is out of control and needs to go away. Wako should have been enough.
  • Daniel S
    • Comments
    • government should not be in the business of law abiding firearms dealers....we have alot more pressing matters to deal with
  • Michael F. G
    • Comments
    • ATF should be held to current science industry standards regarding testing: impartial oversight by a second party, written procedures, and full documentation and accountability. ISO 900X or cGMP guidlines are a good template.
  • Joseph B
  • Marshall R
    • Comments
    • They took our license after 30 years in business!
  • Ken W W
    • Comments
    • Dissolve this illegal and unnecessary agency
  • Joyce O
    • Comments
    • Freedom to own firearms is a MUST for a FREE People.
  • David N S
    • Comments
    • Equal Justice Under the Law
  • psyborg
    • Comments
    • Justice is past due, Dept. of Justice. ATF can't live up to it's own standards, and 80\% of dealers are gone since '94.
  • Robert A. W
    • Comments
    • Government has grown too large. Not what the Founding Fathers intended at all. These kinds of actions should be repelled with vigor!
  • Maurice D
    • Comments
    • The rights of free people shall NOT be denied
  • Nelson B. C
    • Comments
    • "Deovendickia" (The Lord is our Vindicator)
  • C.M. D
    • Comments
    • When Booze was illegal, they bootlegged it. Just try to take away the guns, you could not begin to conceive the black market, and underground you would create, to say nothing of the crime rate. Illegal dealers go on their merry way, while the law abiding are made to pay at the hand of the ATF that cant even govern their selves. If youre Congressman wont help, then its time to elect a new one.
  • JARED G
    • Comments
    • Did I type everything right? Is it valid? ATF You don't like the 2nd Ammendment do you?
  • David H
    • Comments
    • Government is to serve the people, the people are not supposed to serve the government
  • Tommy S
    • Comments
    • The ATF has been a rogue, law violating agency for many years and is getting worse. It is time to straighten them out or get rid of them.