Democratic AGs Rush Into Court to Save Biden Gun Rules (1)

Jan. 16, 2025, 8:16 PM UTCUpdated: Jan. 16, 2025, 9:59 PM UTC

A band of blue-state top cops leaped into federal gun regulation litigation in Texas Thursday, asking two courts to fill defense vacuums after President Joe Biden leaves office next week. One of those efforts was instantly rebuffed.

Attorneys general for 15 and Washington filed motions to intervene in a private gun group’s challenge to Biden’s ban on “forced reset triggers” before the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and Texas’ challenge to the expanded registration rules for gun sellers currently before the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

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