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VanDerStok v. Garland, challenging the ATF on its claimed authority to redefine what is a firearm is really about the balance of power between agencies & the rights of Americans.
The potential consequences of this case are far more numerous than the allegations in the original case. The legal possession of semi-autos firearms is potentially on the line…
ATF’s frame and receiver rule: A closer look at the Supreme Court case on unfinished frames and privately manufactured firearms.
Watch the VanDerStok v. Garland case live today on AmmoLand! Stay informed on this critical case that impacts gun rights across America.
The ATF’s re-definition of “firearm” in the Final Rule establishes a practical ban on the private manufacture of firearms – a constitutionally protected tradition.
ATF reinterpreted its own authority after 50 years of such kits being outside of the definition of “firearm.” By re-defining them, ATF now says that it has regulatory power over them.
The Harris/Biden ATF’s are arguing in court that that if something, anything, could potentially be modified into a machine gun, it should be regulated as one. This is a slippery slope.
A rogue agency [ATF] …simply cannot make up its own rules or change them arbitrarily, especially when it involves the exercise of a constitutional rights…
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in the case of Garland v. VanDerStok, which challenges the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ “Final Rule”
Biden’s Department of Justice wants to expand the scope of the regulation in order to include such raw materials as “unfinished” frames and receivers.
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.
An agency cannot label conduct lawful one day and felonious the next—yet that is exactly what ATF accomplishes through its Final Rule…
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a landmark decision in VanDerStok v. Garland, overturning the ATF’s “frame or receiver” rule and marking another significant victory for 80 Percent Arms.
The Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision, granted an emergency to the Biden administration in the case of VanDerStok v. Garland.
How Roberts and Barrett square the regulatory part of the law with text, history, and tradition test is left unstated.
The stay on the lower court’s decision to vacate the ATF rule on the “Definition of ‘Frame or Receiver’” will continue.
Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and FPC Action Foundation (FPCAF) filed a response brief with the Supreme Court in VanDerStok v. Garland.
Attorney General Merrick B. Garland applied for a stay to Justice Alito of the Supreme Court in the case of VanDerStok v. Garland.
Because the ATF has not demonstrated a strong likelihood of success on the merits, nor irreparable harm in the absence of a stay, we DENY the government’s request to stay…
A three judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has refused to grant an emergency stay to keep two parts of the ATF Final Rule from being vacated.
Firearms Policy Coalition and FPC Action Foundation filed a brief opposing the federal government’s motion for a stay pending appeal in VanDerStok v. Garland.
While we’re disappointed that the Court has stayed the applicability of its Judgment vacating ATF’s Frame or Receiver Rule, we’re confident that this will be temporary & be reinstated.
A judge from a Texas Federal District Court has vacated the ATF “final rule” on what is a receiver or frame.
The ATF’s “frame and receiver” regulation was a direct attack on rights protected by the Second Amendment.
An appeal seems likely, as the Biden administration is determined to pass more gun restrictions.
Late Friday night before the long Independence Day weekend, Judge Reed O’Conner issued a death blow for the Biden Administration/ATF ghost gun rule, throwing it out entirely.
A Northern District of Texas Federal judge issued a preliminary injunction against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF) attempt to regulate unfinished frames and receivers.
It is a glaring example of overreach under the Biden administration, which has been pursuing an anti-gun agenda since Joe Biden was sworn into office.
A federal district court in Texas has issued a preliminary injunction against the ATF “Final Rule” and denied a Government motion for “clarification.”
“The Final Rule’s redefinition of ‘frame or receiver’ conflicts with ….plain meaning,” wrote District Court Judge O’Connor in his Order. “That which may become a receiver is not itself a receiver.”
