A challenge to the federal government’s 2020 determination that Michigan concealed-carry permit holders must undergo federal background checks to buy new guns was tossed after a judge determined the challengers don’t have authority to sue.
Both Gun Owners of America Inc. and member Donald J. Roberts II lack standing in their federal case against the Justice Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Judge Thomas L. Ludington of the Eastern District of Michigan wrote Friday. Roberts didn’t show a proper injury, as his claims boil down to not being able to buy a gun the way he ...
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