The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) has submitted the final version of a controversial rule to change the definition of what it means to be “Engaged in the Business” of dealing in firearms. The U.S. Attorney General says the change, required by the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act enacted June 25, 2022, will save […]
A federal judge has blocked the ATF from enforcing its pistol brace rule for millions of members of the National Rifle Association (NRA) as the appeals process plays out. It came after the NRA filed a lawsuit against the ATF, or the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, arguing that the agency’s rule to […]
A federal judge overturned a ban on licensed firearms dealers selling pistols to adults under 21, saying the rule is unconstitutional. Judge Thomas Kleeh, in his ruling on Dec. 1, said that based on his interpretation of the text of the First and Fourth Amendments, found that the Second Amendment does not exclude 18-to-20-year-olds, meaning the […]
A rule to redefine what doing business as a gun dealer means—proposed by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)—is supported by a majority of public commenters, with 10 days left in the comment period. On Nov. 27, more than 230,000 of the 280,098 comments supported the plan. This is an estimate based […]
The Department of Justice has arrested and charged a Florida man with attempting to bomb the Chinese Embassy in Washington in September. The DOJ accuses Christopher Rodriguez, a licensed Florida Attorney, of traveling up to Washington and placing a bag full of explosives against the back wall and outer fence of the Chinese Embassy at […]
A U.S. district judge on Wednesday ruled against a federal pistol brace ban, saying federal officials overstepped their authority when crafting the rule. “The Court is certainly sympathetic to ATF’s concerns over public safety in the wake of tragic mass shootings. The Rule ’embodies salutary policy goals meant to protect vulnerable people in our society,’” […]
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to take up a case involving the Trump-era ban on “bump stocks” that was initiated in the wake of the Las Vegas mass shooting. The justices agreed to hear arguments early next year over the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) rule, which was implemented in […]
A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction that blocks the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) from criminally prosecuting or taking civil action against owners of specialty firearm trigger devices, known as forced-reset triggers (FRTs), that allows them to fire their weapons more rapidly. In a March 2022 letter, the ATF announced […]
A federal judge has granted a new preliminary injunction, constraining enforcement of a new rule that restricts certain firearms with stabilizing braces. On Monday, U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor of Texas’ Northern federal court district granted a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit, Mock v. Garland, brought by a pair of braced pistol owners and supported […]
The National Rifle Association (NRA) on Monday intervened in a legal challenge against the pistol brace rule implemented by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). The rule, which went into effect on June 1, is designed to regulate pistols with stabilizing braces, which make it easier to shoot a handgun with one […]
A federal judge delivered a blow to the Biden administration’s gun control policy by reversing a federal ban on so-called “ghost guns” and argued that the ATF overstepped its authority. Texas-based United States District Court Judge Reed O’Connor on Friday ruled that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) erred by saying that unfinished […]
The House Committee on Rules meets at 4:00 p.m. ET on June 12 to discuss: H.J. Res. 44 – Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Justice and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives relating to “Factoring Criteria for […]
Project Sentinel and the London Center for Policy Research’s 2nd Amendment Project present this edition of Thought to Action as our panel discusses the upcoming Arm Brace Rule, which has the potential to render thousands of honest American Citizens felons. In this context, we raise and answer questions about Washington politicians’ many attempts to curtail […]
A federal appeals court has rejected an interpretation of law offered by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) that bump stock devices should be considered machinegun parts and should, therefore, be banned. Bump stocks are devices that replace the standard stock of a semiautomatic rifle, resting against the user’s shoulder and incorporating […]
On Thursday, a federal judge issued a restraining order, preventing two firearms parts companies from selling trigger kits that the U.S. Department of Justice claims turn semi-automatic rifles into fully automatic-firing machine guns. Judge Nina Morrison, of New York’s federal Eastern District Court, granted a temporary restraining order preventing Rare Breed Triggers, LLC and Rare […]
The new “Abolish the ATF Act” bill introduced by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) would immediately disband the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, & Firearms (ATF) upon its enactment. “The continued existence of the ATF is increasingly unwarranted based on their repeated actions to convert law-abiding citizens into felons. They must be stopped. My bill today would abolish the […]
The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 3 rejected two challenges to the federal government’s ban on gun bump stocks that were imposed following the Las Vegas mass shooting in 2017. Bump stocks are devices that allow semi-automatic weapons to increase their rate of fire. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) reversed a previous conclusion […]
Texas shooting updates. The suspect’s grandfather has a message for the victim’s families, while the community comes together for a vigil, to mourn the lives lost.
Senator Tom Cotton clashes with President Biden’s pick for ATF Director at a Confirmation Hearing. Find out what the heated exchange was about.
Iowa Republicans are battling a court ruling from 2018. They call it a roadblock in the state’s path to banning abortion.
President Joe Biden announced new executive actions Monday restricting ghost guns and has made another nomination for director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it has submitted to the Federal Register Monday a final rule on ghost guns—unregistered firearms that can be built using a […]
President Joe Biden has withdrawn his nomination of David Chipman to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) after he drew criticism as an advocate of gun control. While Biden defended the nominee, some GOP lawmakers are saying the withdrawal is a win for the Constitution and a loss for Biden.
