Comment on FR Doc # 2026-09165

I support this proposed rule. The Youth Handgun Safety Act (YHSA) was enacted by congress in 1994, 32 years ago. The ATF rule requiring Federal Firearms License (FFL) holders to notify purchasers of the YHSA was imposed in 1998, 28 years ago. The US Government already has the process of “notice and comment” rulemaking as is evident here. The original notice rule at best exceeded its purpose decades ago and at worst was a regulatory mandate that had no statutory basis and imposed costs without improving compliance. As the ATF website’s page on “New Era of Reform” states this proposed rule would rescind “regulatory language that exceeds statutory authority, failed judicial review, or did not achieve their intended outcomes.” Achieving an intended outcome can be debated, but whatever outcome was achieved was done so over 20 years ago and continuing this unnecessary administrative burden on business owners AND the government agencies required to enforce it, no longer has any benefit. The GCA does not require FFLs to distribute paper YHSA notices with every handgun sale, nor did the 1994 Crime Act. This rule correctly removes an unnecessary administrative add-on I urge ATF to finalize it. RIN 1140-AA87