The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives is moving to overhaul how it handles a key question on federal gun forms.
Buried within a broader slate of regulatory changes is a proposal that would require applicants to list their “biological sex” — and not a gender with which they “identify.”
The agency said the change is meant to clarify confusion and will have no effect on who is or is not eligible to pass a background check.
According to a DOJ and ATFnews releaseissued last week, the agency is rolling out 34 notices of proposed and final rule changes in a series of sweeping updates focused on protecting Second Amendment rights.
Officials said the broader goal is to simplify regulations while maintaining public safety and protecting the right to self-defense.
“The Second Amendment is not a second-class right,” Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said in the release.
He added that the department is “ending the weaponization of federal authority against law-abiding gun owners.”
ATF Director Robert Cekada said that enforcement will target criminals rather than technical mistakes by lawful owners or those seeking to become gun owners.
“Our enforcement focus from here on out is on willful violators and criminal actors,” Cekada said in the same release.
One proposal stands out perhaps more than some others, and involves how applicants answer questions about gender on ATF forms.
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