{"id":2211419,"date":"2024-04-02T13:27:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T17:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/big-win-for-nra-in-battle-with-bidens-atf\/"},"modified":"2024-04-02T13:27:35","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T17:27:35","slug":"big-win-for-nra-in-battle-with-bidens-atf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/big-win-for-nra-in-battle-with-bidens-atf\/","title":{"rendered":"Major victory for NRA in showdown with Biden&#8217;s ATF"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fbig-win-for-nra-in-battle-with-bidens-atf%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=2211419&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--><p>The National Rifle Association \u2063achieved a significant legal \u2063win against President Biden&#8217;s\u200b push\u200d to regulate AR-15-style &#8220;pistols.&#8221; A Texas federal district court ruled that the\u200b NRA&#8217;s 4 million members are not\u2064 required to comply with the ATF&#8217;s orders. This victory protects gun owners\u2063 from sudden changes that would subject popular firearms to taxation and \u2062registration. It underscores the defense \u200bof Second \u2064Amendment freedoms.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nra\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>National Rifle Association<\/a> has scored a big court victory in its fight with the administration over President Joe Biden\u2019s push to target and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gun-control\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>punish owners<\/a> of millions of AR-15-style \u201cpistols.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Late last week, a <a href=\"https:\/\/thereload.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Order-Granting-Preliminary-Injunction-003.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>federal district court in Texas ruled<\/a> that the gun group\u2019s 4 million members do not have to comply with an order from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to register, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/2442486\/judge-crushes-atf-ar-15-gun-ban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>modify, or destroy their firearms<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The decision followed other court rulings protecting the 3.7 million members of three other gun groups from the ATF action that abruptly changed the definition of rifles to include the AR pistols, among the most popular firearms in the country. Under the new rules, they will be taxed and registered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a major victory for the NRA, its members, and all who believe in Second Amendment freedom,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nraila.org\/articles\/20240401\/nra-scores-legal-victory-against-atf-pistol-brace-rule-enjoined-from-going-into-effect-against-nra-members\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>NRA President Charles Cotton<\/a> said. \u201cFrom day one, we vowed to fight back against President Biden and his rogue regulators \u2014 and to defeat this unlawful measure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Gutowski, the founding editor of <a href=\"https:\/\/thereload.com\/ruling-millions-of-nra-members-exempt-from-pistol-brace-ban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>The Reload<\/a>, told Secrets that \u201cThe ruling provides another layer of protection to NRA members as the legal fight over the pistol brace ban continues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All those fighting the ATF rule \u2014 the NRA, Firearms Policy Coalition, Second Amendment Foundation, and Gun Owners of America \u2014 expect the case to end up at the Supreme Court, which is already reviewing other ATF rules.<\/p>\n<p>Gutowski said the high court\u2019s decisions on a bump stock ban and \u201cghost guns\u201d should indicate what may happen in the pistol brace fight.<\/p>\n<p>A federal appeals court recently said that the ATF ruling on adjustable pistol brace stocks on the shorter barrelled AR rifles was unlawful. The ATF appealed.<\/p>\n<p>For years, the agency said the brace was legal but changed its mind due to pressure from the Biden White House to classify the weapons as regulated short-barrelled rifles under the Al Capone era National Firearms Act that targeted concealable machine guns.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>SEE THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS AND BUZZ FROM WASHINGTON SECRETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It gave owners a few months to register the firearms, dismantle the brace, or destroy the weapons. Only a tiny percentage of the owners complied and registered their guns. Millions are now waiting on the Supreme Court before deciding what to do.<\/p>\n<p>While just a handful of the firearms have been used in deadly shootings, the administration has made so-called assault weapons its top target in its war on the NRA and guns in general.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NRA achieved a significant legal win against the administration regarding President Biden&#8217;s efforts to regulate AR-15-style &#8220;pistols.&#8221; A Texas federal district court recently ruled in favor of the NRA&#8217;s 4 million members, exempting them from compliance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2647,"featured_media":2211420,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP22090532557038-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2211419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP22090532557038-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2211419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2211419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2211419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2211420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2211419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2211419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2211419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}