Some in the 2A community are, once again, angry and upset with Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Department of Justice. At issue is a brief filed by Solicitor General John Sauer, urging the Supreme Court to deny certiorari to Rush v. United States, a challenge to the inclusion of short-barreled rifles in the National Firearms Act.
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SBRs and the NFA have been a hot topic since Joe Biden’s ATF reclassified pistols with stabilizing braces as short-barreled rifles. This meant owners of these pistols had to register them with the federal government, pay a $200 transfer tax, go through the approval process, and comply with all the NFA rules for owners of NFA firearms.
The Biden reinterpretation of short-barreled rifles was shot down by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. However, the vacature was based on the ATF’s violation of the Administrative Procedures Act; the Second Amendment issues weren’t really addressed.
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