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The US justice department has rolled back several significant restrictions on guns, including reinstating the so-called “gun show loophole”, which allowed people at such events to buy firearms without a background check.

The changes, announced by the acting attorney general, Todd Blanche, amount to a shift in firearm policy advocated by supporters of the second amendment, who are prominent in Donald Trump’s supporter base.

Blanche claimed the changes bring gun regulations in line with supreme court rulings, while cutting down on red tape on firearms sellers and owners. He called the slate of revisions the “most comprehensive regulatory reform package in the history” of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).

In 2024, the Biden administration closed the “gun show loophole”, which freed firearms dealers from running background checks on buyers at gun shows and other places outside brick-and-mortar stores. The Biden administration began requiring anyone “engaged in the business” of selling firearms for profit to obtain a federal firearms license (FFL) and conduct background checks whether they were selling guns at gun shows, online, or in person.

Gun rights groups and Republican-led states had challenged the rule in court, arguing it violated the constitutional amendment on the right to bears arms and that Joe Biden, as president, did not have the authority to implement it.

Clearly, this is a reaction to the WHCD shooting ... MOAR GUNS!