The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives revoked gun store licenses at a higher rate in 2022 than in any year since 2006, according to data published by the agency Tuesday.
In other cases, after inspectors recommended a license for revocation, superiors downgraded the penalty – in many instances without justification.
Already, Dettelbach has announced that he plans to sharpen the agency’s gun dealer inspection protocols, using gun crime data to prioritize dealers whose guns most frequently turn up in crimes. It’s a technique the agency has implemented in the past, and it’s unclear precisely how, or whether, such data is currently being used. Regional breakdowns in the newly released inspections data show that some ATF field divisions revoked no licenses despite conducting more than a hundred inspections.
“What we really need is the transparency to see gun dealer inspection reports as they’re issued, to see how the system is working in real time,” Scharff said. “Other agencies of the federal government routinely release inspections on their websites in a timely manner – we should expect the same of the ATF.”
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