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DOJ and ATF rolled out a historic 34-rule reform package aimed at reducing burdens on gun owners and the firearms industry. AmmoLand was there for the signing, but major questions remain over the frames-and-receiver rule, ATF’s out-of-business records database, and accountability after the Bryan Malinowski raid.
After six years of litigation, the Pennsylvania State Police agreed to revoke its policy treating partially manufactured frames and receivers as firearms under state law. The Firearms Policy Coalition did not get a final merits ruling, but it secured the practical result it sought.
Gun owners do not want Biden’s ATF rulebook cleaned up and handed to the next anti-gun administration. They want the frames-and-receivers rule repealed, the pistol brace trap buried, the “engaged in the business” rule rescinded, zero tolerance permanently ended, and ATF’s backdoor gun registry destroyed.
DOJ and ATF have reversed course once again, now telling courts that a new frames and receivers rule is on the way. The move keeps the legal fight alive in VanDerStok and Defense Distributed while raising fresh concerns for hobbyists, manufacturers, and gun rights advocates.
The ATF has decided not to replace the Biden administration’s 2022 frames and receivers rule, keeping federal ghost gun restrictions in place despite earlier signals that a new regulation was under review.
In a new filing in VanDerStok v. Bondi, the ATF asked a federal court in Texas to stay the case for 90 days while it prepares a revised Frames and Receivers Rule.
ATF’s frame and receiver rule: A closer look at the Supreme Court case on unfinished frames and privately manufactured firearms.
Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and FPC Action Foundation (FPCAF) announced the filing of their Response Brief with the United States Supreme Court in its lawsuit challenging ATF’s “frame or receiver” rule.
The Supreme Court doesn’t have a timeline for deciding whether to grant Cert, but the decision will have a lasting impact on the 80% firearms market and other ATF rules.
ATF attempted to take on the mantle of Congress to ‘do something’ with respect to gun control. But it is not the province of an executive agency to write laws for our nation.
In a unanimous ruling…a three-judge panel in the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives illegally promulgated its controversial “Final Rule”
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has now vacated the two main provisions of the ATF frame and receiver rule (2021R-05F).
Surrounded by anti-gun advocates and politicians, President Joe Biden announced new ATF regulations surrounding unfinished frames and receivers.
GOA wanted to see what the ATF considered “numerous requests,” so the gun-rights group filed a FOIA request with the government agency. The ATF answered…
