The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) have notified lawyers in multiple high-profile lawsuits that the agency will now move forward with a new rule defining firearm frames and receivers. This marks the latest reversal in a saga that began under the Biden administration and has continued under President Trump’s directives for regulatory review.
According to sources close to the litigation who spoke with Ammoland News on condition of anonymity, pressure from gun rights groups, industry stakeholders, and members of the highest levels of government, as well as internal deliberations, forced the DOJ to change its position once again.
Just days ago, following an initial request for a 90-day stay in proceedings to draft revisions, the government had signaled it would retain the existing Biden-era rule intact. Now, the DOJ has informed plaintiffs’ counsel in cases including VanDerStok v. Bondi and Defense Distributed v. Bondi that a new rule is forthcoming, and it has asked the courts to continue the stays while the rulemaking process unfolds.
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