Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!panix!.POSTED.panix3.panix.com!dannyb From: danny burstein Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Texas, was: New ATF regulation on Safer Communities Act of 2022 in effect; the law made nearly all sellers gun dealers Date: Mon, 20 May 2024 03:13:30 -0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Mon, 20 May 2024 03:13:30 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader1.panix.com; posting-host="panix3.panix.com:166.84.1.3"; logging-data="15442"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@panix.com" User-Agent: nn/6.7.3 Bytes: 2268 Lines: 35 >In "Adam H. Kerman" writes: >>After the massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, Congress >>did something about gun control. The bipartisan Safer Communities Act of >>2022 was the result. >>Despite intense negotiations, it turns out that not a lot of thought was >>put into legislative language and, once again, it was left up to ATF to >>write regulations that would determine when criminal law would apply. >[snip] THe Texian AG filed suit against this, and... [AG press release] Attorney General Ken Paxton Secures Temporary Restraining Order Against Biden Administration, Stopping Unlawful ATF Rule from Taking Effect Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured a temporary restraining order from a federal judge that prevents an unlawful rule promulgated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives ("ATF") from taking effect while the case is litigated. ..... A federal district court has halted the implementation of the ATF rule until June 2, 2024, so that hearings may be held. ===== rest: https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/attorney-general-ken-paxton-secures-temporary-restraining-order-against-biden-administration -- _____________________________________________________ Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key dannyb@panix.com [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]