“Lying on an ATF form 4473 is a federal violation and can lead to severe penalties and jail time. Don’t lie and buy.” — Tweet from the Houston office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and ...

The most serious of the three charges levied against the younger Biden was a charge for lying on an ATF background check form. Hunter Biden, in order to purchase a gun, filled out an ATF ...

“The ATF [used to] wait until they had your Form 4 application for three or four months,” says Maddox, “They wouldn’t process the background check when you first sent it because it might be four ...

It is hard to see how the ATF can do that "without additional legislation." Under current federal law, background checks are required only for sales by federally licensed dealers. A rule that the ...

Dettelbach — director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives — called for an assault weapons ban and universal background checks at ... and at ATF, we are getting better ...

That law expanded the definition of those who are “engaged in the business” of selling firearms, and are required to become licensed by the ATF and therefore run background checks. The rule ...

Of those, 78% were from sellers in states like Texas that don’t require a background check, according to Everytown. When asked for comment, Armslist issued a statement on the ATF rule change ...