"The fact that inside ATF sources are blowing the whistle on this draft rule is an indication of what a difficult position it would put the ATF in. ATF agents did not sign up to go after law-abiding citizens for private sales protected under the Second Amendment of the Constitution," Tristan Leavitt, president of the watchdog group Empower Oversight, said in a press release Wednesday.

The watchdog group sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and ATF Director Steven M. Dettelbach on Wednesday demanding documents about the whistleblower's claims. Empower Oversight says they learned through "two sources in the ATF that at the direction of the White House, the ATF has drafted a 1,300-page document in support of a rule that would effectively ban private sales of firearms from one citizen to another by requiring background checks for every sale."

"Such an expansive rule that treats all private citizens the same as federal firearms licensees would circumvent the separation of powers in the Constitution, which grants 'all legislative Powers' to Congress while requiring that the President 'take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.' To the extent such a rule prevents the private sale of firearms, it would also clearly violate the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution, which declares that "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed,'" Leavitt wrote... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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