{"id":2234860,"date":"2024-05-01T18:17:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T22:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ken-paxton-leads-push-to-kill-biden-administrations-effort-to-close-gun-show-loophole\/"},"modified":"2024-05-01T18:17:52","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T22:17:52","slug":"ken-paxton-leads-push-to-kill-biden-administrations-effort-to-close-gun-show-loophole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ken-paxton-leads-push-to-kill-biden-administrations-effort-to-close-gun-show-loophole\/","title":{"rendered":"Ken Paxton spearheads drive to block closure of &#8216;gun show loophole&#8217; by Biden administration"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fken-paxton-leads-push-to-kill-biden-administrations-effort-to-close-gun-show-loophole%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=2234860&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>Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is leading\u200b a lawsuit against \u200bthe Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives concerning a rule \u2064change aimed at closing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-biden-pushes-ban-on-assault-weapons-high-capacity-magazines-following-colorado-mass-shooting\/\" title=\"President Biden Pushes Ban On \u2018Assault Weapons,\u2019 \u2018High Capacity Magazines\u2019 Following Colorado Mass Shooting\">gun show loophole<\/a>. The lawsuit, \u200bjoined by Louisiana, Mississippi, and Utah,\u200c challenges the\u2064 ATF&#8217;s authority and seeks to protect Second Amendment rights\u2063 from federal overreach.\u2064 Paxton denounces Biden&#8217;s\u2062 actions as a threat to constitutional 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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Texas<\/a> Attorney General Ken Paxton is spearheading a lawsuit against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/atf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives<\/a> over its rule change on the private sale of firearms.<\/p>\n<p>The rule change, which is meant to close the so<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-senator-chris-murphy-we-have-the-votes-for-new-crackdown-on-guns-just-dont-have-enough\/\" title=\"Democrat Senator Chris Murphy: We Have The Votes For New Crackdown On Guns, Just Don\u2019t Have Enough\">-called gun show loophole<\/a>, centers on firearms sellers needing to secure licensing in order to conduct background checks on their potential customers. Failure to adhere to the Biden administration\u2019s new ruling means that individuals could face criminal prosecution. <\/p>\n<p>Louisiana, Mississippi, and Utah join Texas in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunowners.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-Complaint.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>lawsuit<\/a> that asserts that the rule change would subject \u201chundreds of thousands of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utah-axes-gun-permit-requirement\/\" title=\"Utah Axes Gun-Permit Requirement\u00a0\">law-abiding gun owners<\/a> to presumptions of criminal guilt for all manner of activities relating to the innocuous, statutorily authorized, and constitutionally protected private sale of firearms.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit argues that the ATF\u2019s new restrictions surpass the authority granted to the agency by Congress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYet again, Joe Biden is weaponizing the federal bureaucracy to rip up the Constitution and destroy our citizens\u2019 Second Amendment rights,\u201d Paxton said in a statement. \u201cThis is a dramatic escalation of his tyrannical abuse of authority. With today\u2019s lawsuit, it is my great honor to defend our Constitutionally-protected freedoms from the out-of-control federal government.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com\/ls\/click?upn=u001.5fkt-2B4r2vsAL60Nj1VYHFGrXworXlWd2r-2FxrHNuiBIlB9FvzFh7Dek15vTRFF5Ckwi4tgDci7FGDZbCXhVIsQAkz-2BQhse-2BtojnMSQzLAa3AGFzYt-2FL-2BdGMTSUAEnwURbhN5eDO4Dg7CLmxUkTvOalgy-2FbWEju2lKI1jgb09Yoz9WrsOYdV94rKO85PitbDEIj81B94OArEt4KADkKS1sNUwaR66dXuZ5TWA9lgDAhINpX5ctj63s65dPu5kAGmFDHuNRPBbCWLz3iqgATang-2BvPKjTnpckWpJ3LUURuBpRNE89ZIP18C1Ae760rMfDhqN7f-2FoKpOod-2F0xL6pBZBnYq59uNDRi7uukt7ykYE9WVmWBYdQYHxg0R-2B2bR7s2Ryv7Q9KNN9dzG8-2FhOUkD1OpguqrI48P6ny4AhjEJTSddrxQMIIULKwTM-2B-2BcJPfDp-2FivLX9SdXLSVyxkHZJi9Yni-2F9O4c3T71fYN3YOxNSwO9PTVspAviWmwrVWiyq6x3g56uXgpZa-2Btrqcj5O43ga1VsQtLAte1nEqm5zhl1RyYC6O2K2eOvyxlPFZtddh1YMEtXkHCoaid0qtGz8vPRUmuz7F9XTWcmuUdGLIq8l1ZSjOGfpfDGkcB98GXzCudXQqwv6HSkHRvi-2FBTgqufh9SUCXfFUGyQk-2FyN-2BVocZHMdtCRlWMm9K76ox4-2FRtRszM3ORt-2B-2BqpStZ-2BRQSlHci8Tgm8PdMjka1Gh92noKJUK-2FFIeWf9Vb2hlQFwmcR3gToVn3IouOeigmQtgJN5FyoKZ9E9PW-2FX9zjIolmrDTjO8V-2BE3A4ehVTeM4cL-2BTE0TGTNeT3f42e-2FJMbZo646TJFeakuMMC2FJOwen736atv1OuxYnL8NBnsnSB9Ae4sIkk-2FQImpMr7o3TUvKdm-2FHADBwAAraP5sWRNrvgxKFtr-2Bt820u0CnfSeuIglRVj4ChZwa3vPJ7ivOsxhO4J15sMqrDdLjBi3sZGGh8Gj0WiSzaEdozmgKtWB-2FcqRHjOpIKxOtjwBxXS4tkpvKsz22W442DSLgLLQ-2BxC54mnd96oveYw0Tl-2BQH04CZASWBtZWqn6m4WKIN-2BH-2FmIDUNmp-2F6iORL6laXpcBevuAI-2B2CBsvHdsU0bqDaRHRT8Px-2BCSsowCmv5YNDhPnm6NQ5wWkg4ttUjETTKX-2FIeYZuQgNz3nfw1ZIiXcOD46fVixW21wpAtfW8049nj-2FRVMkOnaIrqQovzZwp1YBV6Q-2B8WF9DT6fuw0Hv70fVq64riVcDU0M7-2FsruYhY6mXVFw7x0FlDT-2BAa1lxtDzSjwPtQw-2FjyzBKhNS-2BX11owppmMrBZVH1sp3502uGKXZCECI8X7s8q9cb3YxOdy5vRnYYDOBngTpvSPlxjf2TIfB4Qost1b5bNPQfOdQBnJ6qNfku1UGisnACblAJzAiv59GysGKVuBkC8KxDz38MHj2xdkfgp-2F-2FDyfbc-2B65mbfu4AG0mBJ9HeY7NNFzgdw-2Bf5Tn-2B7dlKqddxod-2FU8Il3-2FyjKgQOkQ65SKvHiNbfGTmjeY6nxK243unYWjc0RUDJpHJP4Ncf1b3kLBZ7JwVsCBpzfO-2F4AcQIpqa3PIp6eUOefwt-2FoljJB6pnlbrUtZ0CK4VfnBfiuJBgqfc2Y2WPb03QJx-2BOmElES1YU0ekLvMoFuOcpkY1zwahj3NWxUV-2Bm2elNV8c5p0aSVCEkRsPbHufu4CXyGru92RAS6NXT9uKU5vp4yZuP1VavQoM4CWXqRxqT9VKLaZfRIl4mvcxOxutN-2BnHKXViQtoaJkd-2Bi3YIqGYCCOVwxrk9ACGp-2F5N18cUI9pIiEp6a9k2aEKlh0OVybAxfY0fJFYfnFCt-2BE6WDbekkItd51vDcsfWgwzPm6-2BVoDTZNtDY6DnMQc9W9frhF3YuzTKW7NRpnu9Zz9QlYpcp7FKD2M5iIuR5agpUeiUn-2BgCfiPyUZtQyd-2Br1sAuF1C6NkSmeUfQeSFc1Y1vOLh6GZ3Ds1wUFvIdlXCdLOdMvHNdbrx-2BnGKJhkWklCnX0VeY2n3W6Wd9CMzjCSN-2B2HqwFAzGFrg-2FPz1lwEQoDKd-2BWX7TYTCe5aB1m-2F7P-2Fsm2s4gSm661PbuVGheYdkvtHA1NVdxEWFOlxNQc3wyoPzr-2BaLViiJEScNQxYudMcmyqII-2FZkKw1WmEkMc8S-2Bq0dayPYnQaWUzL9lkIFBpYN92wB6tc-2BGqYsHmgORvSbk0PWC17YBq9UQLpeio3EWcQkXcpRfMns-2F-2BZWdAj1hhQe6pMRkNd3GjIG49OfnbZ-2BYBbvdfTSmh1iVQw4teqqqzrRPlWFh5VRqRSa6Iepq42FdohpLkoBU6xiroWPeGDo5FQhREPx4o6KQaPY8VbM8XHXmEmxxJsjFR7G0PT9veBll4rxYqBl0xUoDy7IIWCOdzEkBngcuQ71TAvZHAq86w0NkVZjWWHcQklTb1oCG1RqMV9EtApBGnK-2FrbiOia-2F6mc-2F3NERK3OoLD3qeS3QcfAjCQyOU-2BCKdBG-2BdYeyrxmByWluLbzrDixZpFJQWXPmwRuHX-2FxlRXT0F8Bug6hNNgULBC-2FYwK7ecUuy8ddQ-2BErHz4A7BNmYigFSsHs7K-2BpwCNMSsybni1M9HhJvj-2Fgar36DUZSSHTLXssInDJkC07ETtP4QqhsAOJo9h77uTBQC-2FbTJ3FtqvqcR0nyg7PDJ6FwLuAri0DVxKy-2BrDs3FDs668zelVWP-2FEEiWW0NSdbea-2FVAoohSpxE-2B0mINr-2FwlASC1ITwoypMENEUYxx3oSBsvfvgXousKngVpNf5M5q2U6gr1Sqr4YU-3D16yu_NquDXhh9NvF5v0wT22cmQKOHnuCt8S5zZYtqu2rfvCRi5vDwsv7av7OYB5GAbVXadZRPc2N81rvCSDQ-2Bggqgheco8RfTDWJAow0y6jSkjjqPwS-2B9UxIxRTMLgz6Z1bdMgQsoTBLPe8ljc0xp-2BpL7TLZFqruUITlfj4iKWidoK5JXdQnYt3k-2F6kvHjn5Mrf5rmM5YT8rHQ7UgtCp3vMDAZAQxMMSb92rV7PRl1h-2Bqiojcxth74gs-2FVY9DH1Mx3TIJNhYYon4wylaAxESfI-2BRWaIENHnQ5atGeJ5b036Xl-2FWAZeMx5a3eHI1FAoFmZE350E22T4yhUFNWPkIR1nhb-2BDmDumO-2ByJ8YjOA1I4hgIkA-2BbS7302eXo1Xg1CQr6mSmubJWi4EVGHB50tYhSyo5LbQ-3D-3D\">Gun Owners of America<\/a> Senior Vice President Erich Pratt said the Biden administration largely draws its rule change from the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which Congress passed in 2022 a month after the Uvalde school shooting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe warned the American public that this legislation brokered by Senator Cornyn was no small compromise, and here we are today filing our second lawsuit challenging a major policy derived from that anti-gun law,\u201d Pratt said. \u201cCriminalizing untold numbers of Americans for simply selling a firearm in a private party transaction is wrong, unconstitutional, and must be halted by the courts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A separate lawsuit was filed by Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin and Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, in conjunction with 19 other states, against the ATF regarding its rule change. <\/p>\n<p>The ATF declined to comment to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas AG Ken Paxton leads lawsuit against ATF for rule change on private firearm sales, aiming to close the &#8216;gun show loophole.&#8217; 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