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LEGAL SHOWDOWN: 26 States File Lawsuits Targeting ATF Anti-Gunner Rule
Red State ^ | 5/1/24 | Jeff Charles

Posted on 05/01/2024 3:26:25 PM PDT by CFW

In a remarkable move, 26 states have launched a legal counterattack against the Biden administration’s assault on the Second Amendment. The states filed lawsuits against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) and the Justice Department on Wednesday.

At the heart of the matter is a new ATF rule finalized on April 19, 2023, that requires thousands of law-abiding gun owners to register as firearms dealers. The rule derives from the 2022 Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, a federal anti-gunner law passed in the aftermath of one of several high-profile mass shootings:

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The Texas coalition includes Louisiana, Missouri, and Utah. Their lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas Amarillo Division:

The Kansas coalition includes Arkansas, Iowa, Montana, Alabama, Alaska, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming. Their lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas Delta Division.

Paxton framed the legal battle as a fight to defend constitutional freedoms, stating, “Yet again, Joe Biden is weaponizing the federal bureaucracy to rip up the Constitution and destroy our citizens’ Second Amendment Rights.”

(Excerpt) Read more at redstate.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; atf; banglist; conservatives; firearms
Good for these states banding together to fight for our Constitutional rights.
1 posted on 05/01/2024 3:26:25 PM PDT by CFW
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Not sure how true it is, but the spouse advised me today that the DC crowd is trying to define home schooler houses as “school zones” which would force them to give up their guns or face jail time.

Has anyone else heard this? I don’t have a clue where she got her information.


2 posted on 05/01/2024 3:56:35 PM PDT by DaiHuy (I support LGBTQ. (Lets Get Biden to Quit.))
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In a remarkable move, 26 states have launched a legal counterattack...


Ah, but will they be found to have ‘standing’ for such a lawsuit?


3 posted on 05/01/2024 4:28:12 PM PDT by hanamizu ( )
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Simply another back-door gun registration scheme.


4 posted on 05/01/2024 6:04:13 PM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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To: DaiHuy


Not sure how true it is, but the spouse advised me today that the DC crowd is trying to define home schooler houses as “school zones” which would force them to give up their guns or face jail time.

Has anyone else heard this? I don’t have a clue where she got her information.”


I haven’t heard of that, but I wouldn’t be surprised to find that it is true.


5 posted on 05/02/2024 6:09:42 AM PDT by CFW
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