• Enact the Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act, debated by
Congress in 2013, to give law enforcement more effective
tools to stop straw purchasing and trafficking;
• Establish licensing of dealers at the municipal or state
level and stronger requirements for better recordkeeping,
security practices, and employee background checks;
• Eliminate the Tiahrt Amendment, which prevents the ATF
from publicly releasing or sharing certain data on crime
gun traces, as the agency had previously done;
• Work with local law enforcement to commission research
reports based on trace data to publicly expose “bad apple”
gun dealers to reform or shut them down;
• Limit the number of guns an individual can buy within a
specific time frame (for example, one handgun per month)
to address high-volume sales;
• Remove restrictions that prevent the ATF from doing its
job by, for example, repealing portions of the Firearm
Owners’ Protection Act that limit routine dealer
inspections by ATF to one per year and establish an
unnecessarily high legal standard for revocation of a
dealer’s license;
• Enact the proposed Equal Access to Justice for Victims of
Gun Violence Act to allow “bad apple” gun dealers and
gun manufacturers to be held liable for negligence
and product liability, just like every other industry in
the United States. Since 2005, the Protection of Lawful
Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) has impeded some
civil litigation against irresponsible gun dealers and
manufacturers;
• Support local and national groups that are attempting to
spotlight the poor business practices of “bad apple” gun
dealers, putting public pressure on them to reform.
