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The Business of Guns
A new rule is designed to end years of ambiguity and allow law enforcement to crack down on unlicensed gun dealers.
Background Checks
Research updating a 23-year-old estimate indicates loophole may be shrinking, though many online sales remain unregulated
Private transactions, exceedingly slow reviews, and laws that don’t recognize the threat from abusers all pose steep challenges to keeping firearms away from people who can’t legally possess them.
It marks the government’s first high profile case against an unlicensed gun seller since President Barack Obama's executive actions.
"I don't believe in fairy tales," says a board member of a trade group set to meet with the ATF next week.
Gun Policy
Hillary Clinton's gun platform would treat such high-volume sellers as "engaged in the business" — and use an executive action to make them part of the background check system.
