WTF...and we have Holder doing his rendition of Fats Domino’s “I’m Walkin’”, #2, with a BULLET.
If I understand this correctly, this is yet another example where an alien’s rights seem superior to a citizen’s. A citizen can only buy a handgun in the state in which he/she resides.
Why should any alien not have to meet a residency requirement?
Just because they step across the border does not entitle them to all citizen right.
The state(government) has a vested interested in making aliens have a residency requirement.Otherwise an “alien” can come across the border, buy a gun and create mayhem, all in one day.
And that should be allowed for what reason?
Also, how is a background check done on an alien?
Even some FFLs (who ought to know better) are confused about that point.
Last year it took an hour of discussions with the FFL (and confirmation from the state Department of Public Safety) to convince the FFL that it was legal for me to purchase a lower receiver in a state where I was a resident, while having a driver's license from a different state where I was also a resident. The Form 4473 itself addresses and clarifies that question, yet the tyrants at BATFE have FFLs so paranoid about the possibility of losing their license if even the most trivial of mistakes is made that any question at all leads to an enormous waste of time.
And if you are a legal resident of only one State, you cannot buy a gun in another State. I was at a gun shop last week and a Latino came in and looked at some guns. He tried to buy one and was turned down because he was not a State resident. What the DOJ is doing is making it easier for illegals to buy guns than it is for citizens.
NEWLY PUBLISHED REGULATIONS
ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND EXPLOSIVES BUREAU (ATF)
Firearms disabilities for certain nonimmigrant aliens (2001R-332P): Final rule, published June 7, 2012, effective July 9, 2012
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In 2002, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives published an interim final rule implementing the provision of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, regarding firearms disabilities for certain nonimmigrant aliens. That regulation implemented the law by prohibiting, with certain exceptions, the sale or disposition of firearms or ammunition to, and the possession, shipment, transportation, or receipt of firearms or ammunition by, nonimmigrant aliens.
The Department of Justice now determines that the relevant statutory prohibitions on transfer and possession of firearms and ammunition apply only to nonimmigrant aliens admitted to the United States under a nonimmigrant visa, and that the prohibitions do not apply to nonimmigrant aliens who lawfully enter the United States without a visa. The DOJ therefore makes conforming changes to the regulations, so that the regulations are consistent with the DOJ’s current legal interpretation.
This final rule addresses only the nonimmigrant alien visa issue. The remaining issues raised by the 2002 interim final rule, and the public comments submitted regarding those issues, will be addressed in a separate forthcoming rule.
Residency requirements for aliens acquiring firearms (2011R-23P): Interim final rule with request for comments, published June 7, 2012, effective July 9, 2012, written comments postmarked by and electronic comments submitted by midnight Eastern Time Sept. 5, 2012
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The Department of Justice amends the regulations of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Bureau by removing the 90-day state residency requirement for aliens lawfully present in the United States to purchase or acquire a firearm. The DOJ has determined that the Gun Control Act does not permit the ATF to impose a regulatory requirement that aliens lawfully present in the United States are subject to a 90-day state residency requirement when such a requirement is not applicable to U.S. citizens. In addition, upon July 9, 2012, the provisions of the ATF Ruling 2004-1 are obsolete.
QUESTION: How did the DOJ/ATF/DEA/EPA, et al. come to have such power and authority that they CAN (apparently) "make/change/amend/ignore/discard" LAWS at will, with impunity, absent, direct Congressional approval/oversight?
DID Congress at some time, write legislation authorizing this "Blanket" authority or are these agencies simply doing/acting in a manner which appears Unconstitutional and however they wish?
Just wondering???
WTF...Obama and his racist/socialist/muslim-sympathizing administration are determined to take America and Americans down to the lowest common denominator.
Don't forget Obama's snarky comment regarding American Exceptionalism:
“I believe in American exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism.”
This is assinine.
If you’re in the US, US law applies to you. Unless you’re a freaking diplomat.
They really want everyone but law-abiding US citizens to be armed. Criminals? Meh. Illegals? Meh. Foreigners? Meh. Law abiding citizen? Wrong answer.