The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives is moving to overhaul how it handles a key question on federal gun forms.
Buried within a broader slate of regulatory changes is a proposal that would require applicants to list their “biological sex” — and not a gender with which they “identify.”
The agency said the change is meant to clarify confusion and will have no effect on who is or is not eligible to pass a background check.
According to a DOJ and ATF news release issued last week, the agency is rolling out 34 notices of proposed and final rule changes in a series of sweeping updates focused on protecting Second Amendment rights.
Officials said the broader goal is to simplify regulations while maintaining public safety and protecting the right to self-defense.
“The Second Amendment is not a second-class right,” Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said in the release.
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