Washington Examiner by Paul Bedard 2/10/2023
A coalition led by the National Rifle Association this week sued to stop the Biden administration's bid to regulate AR-style "pistols," an effort that could prompt the Supreme Court to finally define what is allowed under the 231-year-old Second Amendment.
While its suit is specifically aimed at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and its flip-flop on regulating and taxing guns, it has the potential to both smoke out the court on what is legal under the Second Amendment and end years of practice by federal agencies and states to make up rules that Congress is supposed to set.
"At some point, the supremes are gonna say, 'To hell with you. We can't trust you. We're gonna strike it. This is what you can do. Anything outside of that you cannot,'" said NRA President Charles Cotton.
The Texas lawyer added that the court does not like to be so forceful but said the trend is in that direction after a recent series of federal court wins for gun rights.
In an hourlong interview with Secrets in Harrisburg, Pa., where the NRA has been hosting the Great American Outdoors Show, which concludes Sunday, Cotton said that state gun control laws have been falling fast as federal courts implement two key recent Supreme Court rulings granting Americans the right to have and carry guns without many restrictions.
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