Federal Judge Throws Out ATF’s ‘Frame or Receiver’ Rule That Redefined What Constitutes a Firearm

In another blow to the Biden Administration’s ongoing war on the gun industry and firearm owners, a federal judge has thrown out the ATF’s attempt at regulating gun parts and partial receivers as complete firearms. Parts kit and 80 percent frame makers JSD Supply and Polymer80 were intervenors in the case, VanDerStok v. Garland. After … Read more

TTAG Talks to FPC and MSLF Attorneys on Their Challenge to the ATF’s ‘Ghost Gun’ Rule and Frame and Receiver Redefinition

The ATF has been concerned about the definition of a “firearm” as it’s currently written into law for years. That definition, as codified in the Gun Control Act, has given them fits and nightmares when defendants’ attorneys have actually read the law and found that prosecutions brought by the ATF have been based on nothing … Read more

JSD Supply Moves to Stop ATF Cease and Desist Orders From Putting Gun Parts Sellers Out of Business

If you want a good look at the way the ATF is operating under the Biden-Harris administration, there’s no better example than how the federal firearms regulatory agency is conducting business now that they’ve officially “redefined” the legal definition of a firearm. The sub-rosa motivation behind putting the new rule in place, which doesn’t officially … Read more