{"id":2095384,"date":"2023-11-09T15:25:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T20:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-judge-blocks-atf-from-arresting-millions-of-pistol-brace-owners\/"},"modified":"2023-11-09T15:28:05","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T20:28:05","slug":"federal-judge-blocks-atf-from-arresting-millions-of-pistol-brace-owners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-judge-blocks-atf-from-arresting-millions-of-pistol-brace-owners\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Judge Blocks ATF From Arresting Millions Of Pistol Brace Owners"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffederal-judge-blocks-atf-from-arresting-millions-of-pistol-brace-owners%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2095384&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Millions of Law-Abiding\u200b Gun Owners Granted Temporary Relief from Pistol \u2062Brace Ban<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/crsreports.congress.gov\/product\/pdf\/IF\/IF11763#:~:text=April%2019%2C%202021-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Millions<\/a> \u200bof\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/carney-signs-bills-tightening-delawares-gun-control-laws\/\" title=\"Carney enacts laws to strengthen Delaware's gun control.\">law-abiding\u200b gun owners<\/a> who \u2064were turned\u200c into criminals overnight under\u200b the Biden \u2062administration\u2019s new pistol\u2063 brace ban \u200bhave received temporary relief. This comes after\u2063 a federal judge in\u200d Texas issued a nationwide injunction preventing the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives from enforcing the ban.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk <a href=\"https:\/\/will-law.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/177116400067.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ruled<\/a> on Wednesday that the unelected bureaucrats\u2019 attempts to legislate by regulation instead of \u2062enforcing existing gun laws were unlawful. Specifically, \u200dthe judge stated that\u2064 the \u2063ban \u2062on pistol braces must cease immediately.<\/p>\n<p>The ATF\u2019s rule, enacted earlier this\u2062 year, aimed\u2063 to penalize and fine \u2064the estimated 40\u2064 million U.S. pistol brace\u2064 owners who refused to\u200c reclassify their weapons as short barrel rifles.\u200d This\u2063 reclassification requires registration\u2062 with the government and a $200 tax stamp, or the destruction of the pistol brace. Gun \u200cowners in the <a href=\"https:\/\/worldpopulationreview.com\/state-rankings\/sbr-legal-states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">21 \u200bstates\u200d with SBR bans<\/a> were faced with the difficult\u200d choice\u2062 of surrendering their weapons or destroying their \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/with-new-pistol-brace-rule-atf-seeks-to-turn-millions-of-law-abiding-gun-owners-into-felons\/\" title=\"With New Pistol Brace Rule, ATF Seeks To Turn Millions Of Law-Abiding Gun Owners Into Felons\">pistol brace-equipped firearms<\/a> to avoid punishment.<\/p>\n<p>The plaintiffs in Britto v. ATF, represented by the Wisconsin Institute \u2062for \u200bLaw and Liberty\u2063 (WILL), argued that\u200b the rule violates the Second Amendment and should be rendered \u201cvoid for \u2062vagueness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Judge \u2063Kacsmaryk agreed, emphasizing\u200b that the rule would \u2064not only burden gun owners but also pistol brace manufacturers\u200c financially. He noted that certain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-judge-blocks-atf-from-arresting-millions-of-pistol-brace-owners\/\" title=\"Federal Judge Blocks ATF From Arresting Millions Of Pistol Brace Owners\">manufacturers risked permanent\u200c closure due<\/a> \u2062to the \u200crule&#8217;s impact on their sales.<\/p>\n<p>While sympathetic to the ATF&#8217;s\u2063 concerns over public safety, Judge\u2064 Kacsmaryk concluded that\u2062 the\u2063 rule was\u200d not a lawful way to address those concerns.<\/p>\n<p>This ruling marks another\u2063 blow to the ATF, as previous judges have also criticized the\u2062 agency&#8217;s rule. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals\u200c determined in August that the rule would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ca5.uscourts.gov\/opinions\/pub\/23\/23-10319-CV0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201clikely fail constitutional muster.\u201d<\/a> However, Judge \u200cKacsmaryk \u2062is the first \u2064to apply his injunction to all pistol brace owners, \u200dnot just the plaintiffs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis new federal ruling protects the 2nd Amendment Rights of millions of Americans.\u200c WILL is\u200b proud to work alongside our clients and blaze a trail against this unconstitutional federal action,\u201d said WILL Deputy\u2063 Counsel Dan Lennington in\u2063 a statement.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr>\n<p>Jordan Boyd is a staff\u2062 writer at\u2062 The Federalist and co-producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Her work has \u2064also been featured in The Daily Wire, \u2063Fox News, \u200dand RealClearPolitics. \u200dJordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism.\u200b Follow her\u200c on Twitter\u2063 @jordanboydtx.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-image data-amount=\"5\">\n<h2>Popular<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> Why did\u2063 the judge in\u2064 the Britto v. ATF case state that\u2062 such\u200c a significant policy change should be\u2062 made by Congress, not\u2063 by unelected officials?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  At the ATF&#8217;s pistol brace \u2064ban\u200b violated both the Second Amendment rights and the Administrative Procedure Act. The lawsuit challenged the ATF&#8217;s authority to unilaterally change \u200cthe legal classification of\u200b pistol\u2062 braces without going through the\u200b proper legislative \u2062process. The judge agreed\u200c with the plaintiffs, stating that such a significant policy\u200c change \u200cshould be made by\u200b Congress, \u2062not \u200dby unelected officials.<\/p>\n<p>This\u2064 ruling brings temporary relief to the millions \u2062of\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wh-aides-walk-around-on-eggshells-as-biden-fears-hell-die\/\" title=\"Biden's Health Concerns Make WH Aides Nervous\">law-abiding gun \u2063owners<\/a> who found themselves \u2063on the wrong side of the law due to the pistol brace ban. These owners, \u200cmany \u2062of whom\u2063 had legally purchased and used pistol braces\u2062 for\u200c years, suddenly faced the prospect of becoming\u200b criminals overnight\u200b if they didn&#8217;t comply\u200b with the ATF&#8217;s new regulations. \u2062The ban required them to either register their weapons as short \u2063barrel rifles or destroy the\u200c pistol braces, both of which would impose burdensome costs\u2064 and restrictions on law-abiding citizens.<\/p>\n<p>The injunction issued by Judge Kacsmaryk prevents the ATF from enforcing\u2062 the ban \u200bwhile the case proceeds in court. This means that gun \u2062owners can\u200b continue \u2062to use their pistol \u2062braces\u200c without fear of legal consequences, \u2064at least for now. The judge&#8217;s ruling sends \u2063a clear message that the ATF&#8217;s attempt to regulate \u2064firearm accessories through administrative action is not only unlawful \u200cbut also infringes on the\u200b constitutional \u2062rights of law-abiding citizens.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2064issue of pistol braces is\u200c just\u200b one example of the ongoing debate over gun \u200dcontrol and the balance between individual rights and \u2062public safety. While it\u200b is essential to ensure that\u2064 firearms are used responsibly and that laws are in place to prevent \u2062their misuse, it is equally important \u2062to respect the rights of law-abiding citizens and avoid\u2064 overreach by unelected officials.<\/p>\n<p>The implications of this ruling go \u2063beyond the specific issue\u2062 of pistol braces. It highlights the \u200cimportance \u200cof the rule of law and the proper\u200b separation of powers.\u2063 Legislative\u2062 decisions should be made by elected representatives accountable to\u2062 the people, not \u2063by executive agencies \u2064acting\u2063 unilaterally. This case\u200d serves as a reminder that the courts play \u2063a\u2063 crucial\u200b role in checking the power \u200dof the executive branch and upholding the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>As the Britto v. ATF case moves forward, it will undoubtedly attract attention from both gun rights advocates and advocates for\u200d stricter \u200bgun\u200b control. Ultimately, the\u200c court&#8217;s decision\u200d will shape the \u2064future \u200cof firearm\u200d regulations and have significant implications for \u2063millions of gun owners across the country. \u200dFor now, at least, those owners \u200dcan take solace in the fact that \u200btheir constitutional rights have been upheld by a federal \u2062judge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Millions of gun owners, made criminals by Biden&#8217;s pistol brace ban, find temporary relief as a Texas judge issues a nationwide injunction. 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