I think it may have become a thing again now because the Biden administration has said they want to give ATF the resources and the directive to start expanding their role to ferret out potential straw purchases.I'll have to go back and research it some more. This may have been part of the ban that was just never really done. Perhaps Agents have been instructed to start doing that part of the job. Not sure yet. Also, we know little about the purchaser. Was he on some radar prior to this interaction? All speculation I guess at this point
Edit: In the video the other agent explains that the reason they are doing this is because of the recent uptick in gun violence. They to want to make sure to track down any potential straw purchases.
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