The federal government's agency that's in charge of regulating guns, the ATF, they have

just put forth a new rule, which would classify anyone in the whole country who sells even

a single firearm to a friend or a family member as a quote unquote gun dealer, subject

to arrest without proper license.

And this new ATF rule is just the latest step in the federal government's ongoing plan

to bypass Congress and implement something akin to a universal background check.

Although in order to explain what this rule exactly is, as well as how we got to this

point, let's back out for a quick moment and start at the very beginning.

Now with that out of the way, you might remember how in June of last year in June of 2022,

you had something called the Safer Communities Act passed by Congress and then signed into

law by Joe Biden.

In the U.S. Senate, you had all 50 Democrats vote in favor of the bill with 15 Republicans

joining in as well.

While in the U.S. House, you had all 220 Democrats vote in favor with 14 Republicans voting in

favor as well.

Meaning, in practical terms, that this was a truly bipartisan bill.

We would not have been able to pass through Congress without having Republican support,

especially in the U.S. Senate where the Republicans could have theoretically used the filibuster.

Meaning that realistically, this was a truly bipartisan piece of legislation.

And in the name of ending gun violence, this particular law, it did many things.

It helped to fund school safety programs, it extended background checks, it provided

federal funding for red flag laws in states around the country, and so on.

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