Federal court strikes down agency’s illegal ban on forced reset triggers
Washington, D.C. – On July 23, 2024, The National Association for Gun Rights won summary judgment from the Federal District Court, Northern District of Texas, striking down the ATF’s ban on forced reset triggers.
The ruling from Judge Reed O’Connor in NAGR v. Garland vacated the ATF’s ban on forced reset triggers, stating unequivocally that the ATF had acted beyond the scope of its statutory authority in redefining forced reset triggers as machine guns. The ruling was based in part on the Supreme Court’s recent Cargill decision striking down the ATF’s bump stock ban rule.
Hannah Hill, Executive Director of the National Foundation for Gun Rights (National Association for Gun Rights’ legal arm) said, “We are absolutely thrilled that the court has dealt such a decisive blow to the ATF’s unconstitutional agency overreach. The ATF under the Biden/Harris regime has utterly trampled the Constitution and the rule of law in their eagerness to destroy the Second Amendment. The ATF may appeal this ruling, but precedent and momentum are both on our side, and we fully anticipate the absolute end of the ATF’s unlawful, unconstitutional ban on forced reset triggers.”
This ruling represents a decisive win not just for NAGR and its 4.5 million members and supporters, but also for Rare Breed Triggers and its customers, who have been unlawfully targeted by the ATF and the Biden/Harris Department of Justice.
The ruling can be viewed here: https://gunrightsfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/Summary-Judgment-Opinion.pdf
The National Association for Gun Rights is the nation’s largest “no compromise” pro-gun organization, with 4.5 million members nationwide.
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