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According to a press release from Alaska Rep. Don Young s office,the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) metwith Young over concerns that Young had raised about reports thatATF agents were requesting records from gun-store owners in Alaska. While ATF agents are permitted to conduct routine, in-shopcompliance inspections, federal law forbids the removal or copyingof such material unless there s an official criminalinvestigation. One fear is that the ATF will create some sort oflist or database of gun owners, which has been illegal since 2011.
During today s meeting Deputy Director Brandon assured me thatthis is not an accepted practice at the ATF and that they arelooking to remedy the situation to ensure it, or anything like it,never happens again in the future, Young said. He said that there will be a seminar held in the future in whichYoung has requested that ATF listen and work with Alaskan gunshop owners to make sure their questions are answered and all oftheir concerns are heard. Four owners or managers of gun shops in Alaska were contacted by Alaska Dispatch in late April . Two of those reported that ATF agents had asked for their books,and both turned down the requests. The one shop that went on therecord, Great Northern Guns in Anchorage, said the ATF agent askedpolitely for the books, and when store manager Frank Caiazzarefused, the agent just as politely accepted the refusal.
I told them no. They said, OK, thank you very much, andleft. That was in late January or early February, Caiazza said. It s unclear why the ATF is asking for the information; if it isinvestigating individuals, guns stores, or perhaps themselves. Theagency didn t return repeated phone calls in April, nor did theyreturn calls on Friday.
The news that the ATF has been scouting around Alaska s gun storesprompted a rapid response on blogs and message boards . Nothing fires up Alaska gun rights groups like news that the ATFis trying to infringe on Second Amendment rights, especially ifthere s a germ of truth in it. Young, a Republican and firm advocate of gun rights who is runningfor re-election this year (his 22nd time), knows this. UPDATE: Drew Wade, spokesman for the ATF, sent the Alaska Dispatch thefollowing statement: "ATF Deputy Director Tom Brandon and other personnel met in personwith Rep.
Young to respond to his inquiry and appreciated theopportunity to discuss the Federal Firearms Licensee inspectionprocess with the congressman. Mr. Brandon reiterated ATF s longstanding policy (since 1992) about the acceptable manner in whichrecords can be acquired from FFLs as part of a complianceinspection. Mr.
Brandon also used the meeting as an opportunity toaffirmatively state that ATF has never maintained a database oflawful firearms owners; is not permitted by law to create andmaintain such a database; and has no intention whatsoever ofcollecting any information for such a database. ATF looks forwardto working with Rep. Young in the future on matters of mutualconcern that affect public safety in Alaska.". I am Laptop Coolers writer, reports some information about electric curling brushes , ratings gas ranges.
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