Every week at All Saints Church we put our faith into action. The focus of our action this week is background checks for gun purchases. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has proposed a regulation to close the online and gun show loopholes!

For decades, people have exploited loopholes in federal law that let them sell guns online and at gun shows without conducting background checks. It’s been a recipe for disaster that puts more guns in the hands of dangerous people and worsens our country’s gun violence crisis.

Now, the Biden-Harris Administration is taking action: the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has proposed a regulation to help close these loopholes—building on the historic Bipartisan Safer Communities Act that Congress passed last summer.

The regulation goes directly to the loopholes we have been trying to close for years by expanding background checks to guns offered for sale online or at gun shows, keeping weapons out of the hands of dangerous people, and ultimately saving lives.

But for ATF to finish the job on this life-saving action, it needs to know that the public supports closing these dangerous loopholes. ATF needs to hear from us. The comment period is now open, but closes on December 7, 2023.

Please sign on to the letter supporting the ATF’s proposed regulation of online and gun show gun sales.

Options to Take Action:

1. Sign a letter at the Action Table on Sunday.
2. Download, sign and mail an action letter.
3. Go to the action at the Everytown for Gun Safety

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