Ammoland Inc. Posted on March 4, 2023 by John Crump
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.
In 2021, President Joe Biden ordered the ATF to issue new rules surrounding unfinished firearms frames and receivers, known colloquially as 80% frames and receivers. The ATF refers to these items as privately made firearms (PMF). Anti-gun groups and politicians call these items “ghost guns” because they do not include serial numbers and require the end user to finish the item before it can fire.
In April 2022, President Biden unveiled the new rules designating those complete kits or any combination of parts to be firearms. This determination prevented companies from selling unfinished frames and jigs together. Last December, the ATF issued a letter once again redefining firearms to include polymer blank frames. The ATF issued this letter after pressure from members of Congress, the President, and anti-gun groups to close the “ghost gun loophole.”
Several lawsuits across the country challenged the legality of the Final Rule. One such case is VanDerStok v. Garland. Several companies, Jennifer VanDerStok, and the Firearms Policy Foundation, brought the case. The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and Defense Distributed, best known for its Ghost Gunner desktop CNC machines, were two of the entities to intervene in the case.
More:
https://www.ammoland.com/2023/03/defense-distributed-wins-a-preliminary-injunction-against-atfs-ghost-gun-rule/#axzz7vBjIjt8L
