Texas: Attorney General Paxton Opposes Latest DoJ/ATF Attack

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Attorney General Ken Paxton sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice and the ATF opposing the proposed ban on pistol braces. IMG NRA-ILA

U.S.A. -(AmmoLand.com)- Thursday, Attorney General Ken Paxton sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) opposing the recently proposed rule: Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached “Stabilizing Braces”. On June 7th, ATF published a new notice of this proposed rulemaking on its website. The rule seems aimed at making nearly all configurations of firearms equipped with stabilizing braces subject to the taxation and registration requirements of the National Firearms Act. You may click here to read Paxton’s letter.

Attorney General Paxton argues that “The stabilizing brace is used for a range of legitimate purposes. For many, the accessory helps reduce recoil, prevent injury, and allows individuals to more safely and accurately operate a pistol. The accessory also allows disabled individuals to more easily and safely control heavy pistols without assistance.” He also states that his office “will consider all available options to stop this action and any effort to restrict Second Amendment rights.

NRA thanks Attorney General Paxton for taking a stand against President Biden’s latest attack on Second Amendment rights. If you would like to thank him as well, please click the button below.


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Finnky

I thought that Elizabeth Warren supporter who shot his sister plus several others in Dayton Ohio had a pistol.

Media did not know the difference – to them it was just another AR=Assault Rifle! Why would they have gone beyond that or his drum magazine? Meanwhile the rest of us were applauding how quickly officers took him down. Also noticed that at least one of the responding officers had an AR in his hands – media focused on how evil the tool is in hands of someone evil, but ignore the good it does in (reasonably) honest hands.

Roland T. Gunner

I did not vote for Attorney General Paxton in the last election, but

Roland T. Gunner

I will be voting for him in the next one.

swmft

just the granola and fruit loops migrating from comifornia getting to you

Stag

Paxton is a hack and a political opportunist. He has done next to nothing to advance constitutional rights in Texas. Where was his “strongly worded letter” when the last administration enacted arms control TWICE? Where was he when the Senator representing his own state authored arms control legislation? How has he protected Texans from federal overreach in the past?