Support rescinding the ATF engaged-in-the-business rule for firearms sales.

John Cornyn · Texas · Republican

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In particular, we call your attention to the following anti-Second Amendment regulations and policies, which must be immediately rescinded: The engaged in the business rule, which is an unconstitutional attempt to move ATF to do all it can to impose universal background checks on law-abiding Americans.

Cornyn and colleagues called for ATF to immediately rescind the engaged-in-the-business rule.

Cornyn, GOP Colleagues Urge ATF to Rescind Unconstitutional Biden Rules, Align with Trump 2A Agenda | Senator Cornyn
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Cornyn and 29 Senate GOP colleagues sent ATF a letter urging the agency to identify and rescind Biden-era firearms regulations, expressly including the Engaged in the Business rule.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Direct same-term action by Cornyn supporting rescission of the specific ATF rule named in the claim.

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Cornyn, GOP Colleagues Urge ATF to Rescind Unconstitutional Biden Rules, Align with Trump 2A Agenda | Senator Cornyn
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ATF listed the action as a notice of proposed rulemaking. The agency said the proposal would remove DOJ regulatory additions and examples creating rebuttable presumptions under the 2024 Engaged in the Business rule; comments ended August 4, 2026.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official agency record shows administrative rescission was underway but still at proposed-rule stage after the comment window, so the broader regulatory rollback was only partial/unresolved as of the August 24-26, 2026 lookback.

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Revising Regulations Defining "Engaged in the Business" as a Dealer in Firearms (RIN 1140-AB01)
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Cornyn promised to support rescinding the ATF engaged-in-the-business firearms-sales rule, not necessarily to complete the rescission himself. During his same Senate term, he joined Senate GOP colleagues in a February 20, 2025 letter urging ATF to rescind Biden-era firearms regulations, explicitly including the Engaged in the Business rule. ATF later opened a 2026 proposed rulemaking to revise/remove key parts of that rule, but the direct promise was fulfilled by Cornyn's same-term support action.

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