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ELB wrote:

RoyGBiv wrote:

ELB wrote:Someone is laying ground work to get the three-day approval turnaround requirement abolished.

Maybe.

Or... the simpler reason could be that the Trump administration has taken the path of "enforcing existing laws" (like we've been screaming for for years) in order to head off the Dems cries to make new laws that do nothing to stop the problem and only burden the law abiding.

We will know when legislation is proposed to fix "the problem." If the solution is to ramp up resources required to complete a background check in 3 days no matter what, or to accept that a few are going to get through and the ATF is going to have to track them down, then it's "enforce existing laws."

If the proposed solution is to extend or abolish the 3 day limit, which exists exactly to prevent the government from slow-rolling NICS approvals, then...

Note that the ATF is quoted as saying they didn't pursue one buyer whose background check subsequently failed because they "lacked resources." Hog. Wash. They simply decided other things were more important.

Frankly, I don't think this effort is in any kind of pursuit of any of President Trump's goals, like enforcing existing laws. At best this banging the drum for more appropriations. There has not been any kind of transformation from the last administration at the level of the ATF that I am aware of. One of President Trump's failures is that he did not clean house at the DOJ and agency (meaning FBI, ATF, etc) levels like he should have.

ELB wrote:Someone is laying ground work to get the three-day approval turnaround requirement abolished.