BELLEVUE, WA – The U.S. Supreme Court docket has granted the petition for a writ of certiorari within the case of Garland v. VanDerStok, which challenges the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ “Ultimate Rule” which considers frames and receivers to be firearms.
The case dates again to April 2022 when the ATF revealed its “Ultimate Rule” altering the regulatory definition of the time period “firearm,” to embody objects which aren’t firearms, together with firearms components kits, in direct contradiction of Congress’ definition of these phrases discovered within the Gun Management Act of 1968. In December 2022, the Second Modification Basis and Protection Distributed filed an intervenor’s grievance in an current lawsuit being litigated within the Northern District of Texas.
“We’re delighted that the Court docket has agreed to listen to our problem to ATF’s frames and receivers Ultimate Rule,” mentioned SAF Government Director Adam Kraut. “ATF has repeatedly exceeded its constitutional authority and violated the separation of powers by creating regulation – a job reserved completely for Congress. It’s time for the Supreme Court docket to remind ATF that it might not accomplish that and affirm the judgment of the Fifth Circuit.”
“This case typifies the Biden administration’s warfare on the Second Modification,” added SAF founder and Government Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb. “Clearly beneath Joe Biden, the ATF has unilaterally set itself up as the only real authority on firearms regulation, bypassing Congress and arbitrarily altering long-standing rules to swimsuit the administration’s anti-gun agenda.”
