The ATF, the agency involved in other questionable issues through the years, is very busy making extrajudicial rulings infringing on the Second Amendment.
A Texas judge granted an injunction Tuesday against a new Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) rule that changes the definition of a “firearms dealer.”
The ATF rule broadens the definition of “engaged in business” to extend beyond merely a “gunsmith or pawnbroker.” Trump-appointed federal Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk ruled that the plaintiffs had met the legal standards to be granted an injunction until the lawsuit is resolved.
Kacsmaryk held that the rule would criminalize the plaintiff’s conduct that the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA) guidelines allow, a law passed in 2021 that expanded gun control.
By Wallace White