U.S.A. -(AmmoLand.com)- Gun prohibitionists complaining about so-called “drive-through” gun sales under a new ATF Guidance issued recently to address problems related to the COVID-19 crisis are misrepresenting the facts, making it appear that it is easier to buy a firearm than fast food, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today.
“I’d tell anybody who really believes it’s easier to buy a cheeseburger than a gun that his ‘fries aren’t cooked,’ and I’m not talking about food,” quipped CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. “This is the kind of nonsense gun owners have been putting up with for years.”
ATF guidance issued April 10 allows federally-licensed dealers to conduct business “activities on any part of the business premises, including the exterior of the brick-and-mortar structure, provided, the activity otherwise complies with all applicable federal laws and regulations, and any sale, delivery, or disposition would not violate any State law or published ordinance applicable at the place of sale, delivery, or other disposition.”
“What that means is no firearms can be sold without full compliance with federal and state laws,” Gottlieb noted. “Suggesting that a transaction conducted outside of a business is any different or easier than one conducted inside the door is deliberately misleading. Anybody who believes such nonsense probably thinks a chili-dog and chocolate shake is health food.”
The gun prohibition lobby has portrayed these new guidelines as “drive-through gun sales.” Gottlieb said this is a false characterization, “and they know it.” “For years,” he observed, “anti-gunners have perpetuated a myth about ‘easy access to guns,’ but lately, as many first-time gun buyers have learned, it’s not at all easy to buy a firearm, especially a handgun or semi-auto rifle. There is paperwork, a background check and a waiting period in most jurisdictions. You simply cannot walk into a gun store, give a clerk some money and walk out with a firearm. Thanks to the coronavirus scare, a lot of people have learned they’ve been lied to. It’s like being promised a three-course dinner and getting a box lunch and a soda.”
About CCRKBA
With more than 650,000 members and supporters nationwide, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (www.ccrkba.org) is one of the nation’s premier gun rights organizations. As a non-profit organization, the Citizens Committee is dedicated to preserving firearms freedoms through active lobbying of elected officials and facilitating grass-roots organization of gun rights activists in local communities throughout the United States.
My first firearm purchase was in 1971. At a Western Auto store in Missouri. I payed cash and carried it out with a couple boxes of ammo. It was a H&R 22 rifle. I was under 15 years old. Those were the days. Several of the firearms I own were purchased at the counter so to speak and taken home that day. With nothing more than a sales receipt.
I remember getting guns via mail order to our front door; got my first rifle that way. Got my first handgun when I was 16 at a garage sale. School shootings were unheard of. Those were indeed the days!
Sadly, many will believe this headline as fact. Only the few new purchasers of weapons in the recent buying craze have found out that many of the talking points used are simply not true. i hope the word spreads.
Similar to Darkman below my first firearm purchase was in 1968, a 12 Ga. Remington model 870. I was 16 at the time and loved goose hunting. And guess what, that gun has never aimed at and shot anything all by itself, AMAZING!!!
ARM UP AND CARRY ON
Who said it’s easier to get a gun than fast food? The only thing I was able to find were complaints that there are drive thru firearms supplies but still no drive through testing for COVID-19.
This isn’t people attacking the second amendment, they are calling out the negligence and incompetence on how this pandemic is being handled.