ATF Issues Guidance To Alabama FFLs
BY Herschel Smith
5 years, 4 months ago
Via David Codrea, the ATF flexes its muscle.
Because county sheriffs have issued CCP permits s without completing a full NICS check, firearms have been transferred to felons and other prohibited individuals in violation of federal law, thereby creating a substantial public safety concern. For this reason, the standards set forth in the Brady law require us to find that Alabama’s CCP permits no longer qualify as a NICS check alternative. In the interest of public safety, and effective immediately, FFLs in Alabama may no longer accept CCP permits as an alternative to a NICS check. Unless another exception applies, a NICS check must be conducted whenever you transfer a firearm to an unlicensed person even if the individual presents an unexpired CCP permit.
First of all, I agree with the second comment at David’s place. I have no sympathy for the Alabama Sheriffs. Virtually ever one of them is a gun controller.
Second, I disagree with the notion that the ATF gets to decide how a Sheriff complies, but this is what happens when you have a FedGov that licenses FFL (as opposed to the righteous practice of no FedGov involvement at all).
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On July 29, 2019 at 5:36 am, Matt said:
Except for the fact that as Herschel put it, the sheriffs are gun controllers, this would be a good opportunity for them and the dealers to stand up in defiance of Uncle and say we don’t care.
The biggest way to break the spine of govt is to not abide by its edicts, en mass.
On July 29, 2019 at 3:00 pm, ExpatNJ said:
In Alabama, CCW permits are Shall-Issue. They were never intended to substitute for an NICS check. And, in Alabama, Sheriffs are elected by popular vote; I fail to see how ATF has jurisdiction over them. FFLs, on the other hand …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Alabama
And, yes, the Alabama Sheriffs’ ASSociation has squashed Constitutional Carry (ie, no Permit required for CCW), every year that legislation has been introduced. Whle there is no permit for ‘Open-Carry’, Sheriffs charge a fee for CCWs; they don’t want to lose that source of discretionary funding …
http://www.alabamasheriffs.com/
On July 30, 2019 at 5:42 am, Matt said:
“And, yes, the Alabama Sheriffs’ ASSociation has squashed Constitutional Carry (ie, no Permit required for CCW), every year that legislation has been introduced. Whle there is no permit for ‘Open-Carry’, Sheriffs charge a fee for CCWs; they don’t want to lose that source of discretionary funding …”
We have the exact same problem in N.C. in fact worse, because they cling to the Jim Crow era pistol purchase permit scheme that is may issue. The sheriff’s association recently tried to propose a law that would rewrite the concealed carry permit process to be like that of the pistok permit, making it may issue. They got caught and outrage squashed it, but the precious R politician that backed it couldn’t get the egg off his face fast enough and lashed out and those who objected to the proposal.