The ATF over the last 2 or so months has been trying to make it harder to buy 2 rifles at once. Those of you that have purchased 2 or more handguns at a time have experienced the multiple firearm reporting documentation. These documents contain the make and serial numbers of your purchased firearms as well as your name. This document gets sent off to the local police chief (or some other deemed government official appointed by the ATF) for review. The chief gets to keep that file. I know for a fact that it never comes back to the FFL. This raises concerns about backdoor registration attempts with these documents by anti-gun police chiefs. Lets not let them do this to rifles as well.
This is an Agency rule for FFL holders. This means rather than courts determining if it is constitutional, you must contact them in the alloted time period to voice your concerns. If they don't listen, an interest group will be able to appeal within the agency, then it will make it to the court system (some day). All taking a huge amount of time the rule will already be in place and hard to repeal.
When you give up a freedom it is extremely hard to get it back. It is important to contact the ATF and voice your concerns. It is also a good idea to know who your police chiefs are and research what their stances are on citizen ownership of firearms. Another good thing to know is who, exactly, your FFL dealer will be sending the form to, because sometimes the ATF picks someone besides the chief.
So far this has been put on hold. I hope to see this garbage fade away. It will need lots of opposition. A private FFL holding documentation on your firearm purchases is one thing, a government entity holding that information is something much more intrusive. In my opinion a very slippery slope.
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