Legislative enactments are often unclear. That simply states the obvious. Often the first authorities having to construe an unclear statute are the persons who are given the chore to implement the statute. This statute appears to be so unclear that the federal circuit courts of appeal, not dummies, are split, and it so unclear that it has now gone to our highest judicial authority for decision (perhaps).EEllis wrote:The BATF added that question without any legislative action. While they may be able to take regulatory action against a licensee should their administrative changes have the automatic force of law for everyone?sjfcontrol wrote: I suspect that any FFL that received a 4473 form with a "no" answer to one of the questions, would deny the sale.
Jim