Good News for Gun Owners

26 State’s Attorneys General are suing the federal government over Biden’s new “rule” restricting law-abiding American’s ability to buy and sell firearms without requesting permission from the government to do so.

Attorney General Ken Paxton of Texas is leading a coalition of Attorneys General from 26 states suing the Biden Administration over what Paxton has called “Biden’s unlawful ban on private firearms sales”. Paxton is leading a multi-state coalition of A.G.’s including Utah, Texas, Louisiana, and Missouri suing the B.A.T.F. of the U.S. Department of Justice for “unlawfully attempting to abridge American’s Constitutional right to buy and sell firearms privately”.

Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes said “Nearly forty years ago, Congress condemned ATF for targeting innocent gun owners instead of focusing on felons, calling ATF’s actions
“reprehensible”. Congress even changed the law, enacting the Firearms Owners Protection Act in 1986 to limit ATF’s authority. “But ATF is at it again, this time trying to require a
citizen selling even a single firearm to obtain a license. Utah is proud to join the 26 states in three separate lawsuits-protecting their citizens from this bureaucratic
overreach.”

What does this all mean for gun shows and for law-abiding gun owners who occasionally sell or buy firearms? Attorney General Paxton has requested an injunction in Federal court in Texas to halt the enforcement of the rule, which is slated to go into effect May 20, 2024. If the petition is successful, and we think that it will be, the unconstitutional requirement for lawful gun owners to obtain government permission to sell or exchange a firearm will not go into effect. Those of us who attend and participate in gun shows will still be able to do so without asking the government for their permission to sell any of our personal firearms.

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