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Gun part kit regulation

NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit upheld a Texas federal court’s determination that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms has no authority to regulate part kits that might be incorporated into a firearm under the existing text of the Gun Control Act. The lower court improperly vacated the bureau’s entire final rule, though, instead of only the challenged portions.

Read the ruling here.

Categories / Appeals, Briefs, Government, Second Amendment

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