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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums26 Republican attorneys general sue to block Biden rule requiring background checks at gun shows
26 Republican attorneys general sue to block Biden rule requiring background checks at gun showsLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Twenty-six Republican attorneys general filed lawsuits Wednesday challenging a new Biden administration rule requiring firearms dealers across the United States to run background checks on buyers at gun shows and other places outside brick-and-mortar stores.
The lawsuits filed in federal court in Arkansas, Florida and Texas are seeking to block enforcement of the rule announced last month, which aims to close a loophole that has allowed tens of thousands of guns to be sold every year by unlicensed dealers who do not perform background checks to ensure the potential buyer is not legally prohibited from having a firearm.
The lawsuit argues the new rule violates the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and that Democratic President Joe Biden doesn't have the authority to implement it.
Congress has never passed into law the ATFs dramatic new expansion of firearms dealer license requirements, and President Biden cannot unilaterally impose them, Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin said in a statement. "This lawsuit is just the latest instance of my colleagues in other states and me having to remind the President that he must follow the law.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Department of Justice declined to comment on the lawsuit. Biden administration officials have said they are confident the rule, which drew more than 380,000 public comments, would withstand lawsuits.
The lawsuits filed in federal court in Arkansas, Florida and Texas are seeking to block enforcement of the rule announced last month, which aims to close a loophole that has allowed tens of thousands of guns to be sold every year by unlicensed dealers who do not perform background checks to ensure the potential buyer is not legally prohibited from having a firearm.
The lawsuit argues the new rule violates the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and that Democratic President Joe Biden doesn't have the authority to implement it.
Congress has never passed into law the ATFs dramatic new expansion of firearms dealer license requirements, and President Biden cannot unilaterally impose them, Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin said in a statement. "This lawsuit is just the latest instance of my colleagues in other states and me having to remind the President that he must follow the law.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Department of Justice declined to comment on the lawsuit. Biden administration officials have said they are confident the rule, which drew more than 380,000 public comments, would withstand lawsuits.
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26 Republican attorneys general sue to block Biden rule requiring background checks at gun shows (Original Post)
In It to Win It
May 1
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Ocelot II
(116,068 posts)1. *sigh* Of course they did.
Stardust Mirror
(363 posts)2. IOW we want people who can't pass a background check to have guns
you're welcome, constituents!
OAITW r.2.0
(24,847 posts)4. Republicans need a weaponized electorate to overthrow our Democracy.
I think that's their gameplan.
patphil
(6,268 posts)3. In fuckin' credible.
How often do these guns get used in crimes? Oh wait, we have no way of knowing, do we?
Attorney's General prosecute criminals all the time. You'd think they would know better. But then, they can''t give President Biden a win, no matter what the cost.