Federal Judge in Texas Blocks ATF Pistol Brace Rule

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Texas Scorecard by  Emily Wilkerson   | June 2, 2023

After the Biden administration’s attempts to limit the Second Amendment, a federal judge has blocked the final ruling of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms and Explosives.

As the Biden administration continues to attempt to limit citizens’ Second Amendment rights, a federal judge in Texas has temporarily blocked Biden’s stabilizing brace rule from going into effect.

According to the ATF, a stabilizing brace is defined as a firearm accessory “that provides surface area that allows the weapon to be fired from the shoulder, provided other factors indicate the weapon is designed, made, and intended to be fired from the shoulder.”

In 2021, President Joe Biden introduced a series of “comprehensive gun crime strategies” in response to two mass shootings in which the shooter used a stabilizing brace.

More: https://texasscorecard.com/state/federal-judge-in-texas-blocks-atf-pistol-brace-rule/

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Judge halts Biden's scheme to charge gun owners with felonies

WND By Kate Anderson 6/1/2023

A district court judge on Wednesday halted the Biden administration’s new rule that would charge gun owners who failed to register their braced firearms with a felony, just hours before it was set to go into effect.

In January, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and Explosives (ATF) issued a “Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached ‘Stabilizing Braces‘” rule that said all gun owners with “stabilizing braces,” shoulder devices that turn pistols into short-barreled rifles, would need to get their gun registered and comply with the regulations for those types of weapons or face felony charges. Texas and several gun groups filed a lawsuit against the ATF, and on Wednesday Judge Drew Tipton of the Southern Texas District Court issued a preliminary injunction, barring the rule from going into effect on June 1.

In the eight-page order, the court ruled that the state of Texas had established grounds that the rule would create “irreparable harm” if allowed to go into effect before the lawsuit was decided.

Texas argued that the law would harm gun owners in three areas: (1)”harm to its sovereign interests, (2) harm to its quasi-sovereign interests and (3) unrecoverable compliance costs with respect to a subset of its employees,” according to the decision. Tipton determined that Texas’ arguments for the first two did not prove grounds for “irreparable harm” but agreed that the state’s gun owners would face an undue burden due to the cost of compliance.

More: https://www.wnd.com/2023/06/judge-halts-bidens-scheme-charge-gun-owners-felonies/

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Judge halts Biden's scheme to charge gun owners with felonies

WND By Kate Anderson 6/1/2023

A district court judge on Wednesday halted the Biden administration’s new rule that would charge gun owners who failed to register their braced firearms with a felony, just hours before it was set to go into effect.

In January, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and Explosives (ATF) issued a “Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached ‘Stabilizing Braces‘” rule that said all gun owners with “stabilizing braces,” shoulder devices that turn pistols into short-barreled rifles, would need to get their gun registered and comply with the regulations for those types of weapons or face felony charges. Texas and several gun groups filed a lawsuit against the ATF, and on Wednesday Judge Drew Tipton of the Southern Texas District Court issued a preliminary injunction, barring the rule from going into effect on June 1.

In the eight-page order, the court ruled that the state of Texas had established grounds that the rule would create “irreparable harm” if allowed to go into effect before the lawsuit was decided.

Texas argued that the law would harm gun owners in three areas: (1)”harm to its sovereign interests, (2) harm to its quasi-sovereign interests and (3) unrecoverable compliance costs with respect to a subset of its employees,” according to the decision. Tipton determined that Texas’ arguments for the first two did not prove grounds for “irreparable harm” but agreed that the state’s gun owners would face an undue burden due to the cost of compliance.

More: https://www.wnd.com/2023/06/judge-halts-bidens-scheme-charge-gun-owners-felonies/

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