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Reporters spent more than a year analyzing documents from nearly 2,000 gun dealer inspections that uncovered violations from 2015 to 2017. The reports showed that, while most errors were inadvertent, some dealers outright flouted the rules — selling weapons to convicted felons and domestic abusers, lying to investigators and fudging records to mask their unlawful conduct. In many cases when the ATF caught dealers breaking the law, the agency issued warnings, sometimes repeatedly, and allowed ...

Gun shops nationwide face government inspections to ensure theyre complying with federal rules regarding paperwork,...

In a rare look behind the scenes of gun shop regulation, The Trace and USA TODAY found ATF officials conciliatory and accommodating.

Gun shops nationwide face government inspections to ensure theyre complying with federal rules regarding paperwork,...

Investigation: ATF rarely issues harsh gun dealer penalties in Illinois Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY, and Brian Freskos, Daniel Nass and Alain Stephens, The Trace Gun shops nationwide face government inspections to ensure theyre complying with federal rules regarding paperwork, background checks and prohibited purchasers, but rarely face severe sanctions. Thats according to a sweeping examination of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives records by USA TODAY and The Trace. It foun...