ATTORNEY GENERAL BONTA OPPOSES ATF PROPOSAL TO LOOSEN SAFEGUARDS FOR WEAPONS MADE FOR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Sept. 8 -- The California Attorney General issued the following press release:

OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a coalitionof 17 attorneys generalin urging the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to withdraw a proposal that could allow more machine guns, silencers, and destructive devices made for the U.S. government to be diverted for sale to civilians and law enforcement agencies if they are not used pursuant to the federal contract. Under current law, manufacturers producing these especially dangerous weapons under federal contracts must generally destroy or export excess weapons that fall out of a federal contract, unless ATF makes an individualized determination...