The Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms and Tobacco (ATF) launched a new era of reform in 2025 focused on a commitment to transparency, accountability, and partnership with the firearms industry, gun owners, and the public. Under new leadership, the agency claimed to have fundamentally changed course, moving toward a model built on trust and collaboration. However, a major gun control group is suing the ATF and the Justice Department over the federal agencies' failure to release documents and other information about who the largest sellers of crime guns in the U.S. are. The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence is demanding in its lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday that the court compel the ATF to release information related to what the agency calls Demand Letter 2s. These are letters ATF sends to gun dealers and other sellers that have been identified as selling at least 25 or more guns recovered at crime scenes in a calendar year. Brady has ...
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