Texas and several other plaintiffs were granted a temporary restraining order preventing the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ new regulation on gun sales, which was set to go into effect Monday, from being enforced against them.
The new regulation defines “engaged in the business” of dealing firearms to include a single sale of a gun. But Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk of the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas said May 19 that the regulation is inconsistent with the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act.
Kacsmaryk has a history of ruling against the Biden Administration, including on LGBTQ ...
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