Texas Scorecard by Erin Anderson | June 12, 2024
The regulation would criminalize law-abiding Americans for private firearms transactions.Texas has successfully blocked new restrictions on private gun sales imposed by the Biden administration’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction on Tuesday that halts enforcement of the rule in Texas while litigation proceeds.
Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit on May 1 challenging the new ATF regulations that redefine who is “engaged in the business” as a firearms dealer.
Plaintiffs include Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Utah, Jeffrey Tormey, the Gun Owners of America, Inc., the Gun Owners Foundation, the Tennessee Firearms Association, and the Virginia Citizens Defense League.
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