{"id":1759,"date":"2026-06-15T21:08:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T21:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=1759"},"modified":"2026-06-15T21:08:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T21:08:12","slug":"biden-era-gun-rule-bites-the-dust-in-federal-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=1759","title":{"rendered":"Biden-Era Gun Rule Bites The Dust In Federal Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_1 --> <\/p>\n<p>A federal court formally struck down a Biden administration regulation targeting private sales of firearms Friday after the Department of Justice (DOJ) dropped its appeal.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=1757\">ICE Moves To Deport Illegal Who Killed Truck Driver While Watching YouTube Behind The Wheel<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche revealed during an April 30\u00a0press conference that at least 34 rule changes would be published by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), including repeal of the \u201cstabilizing brace\u201d and \u201cDefinition of \u2018Engaged in the Business\u2019 as a Dealer in Firearms\u201d rules imposed by the Biden administration, as well as altering a third regulation that the Biden administration used to target so-called \u201cbump stocks.\u201d United States District Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk of the Northern District of Texas, a Trump appointee, issued the  Friday. <strong>(RELATED: Red State Ends Legal Fight With NRA By Conceding Gun Law Violates Second Amendment)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration imposed the \u201cDefinition of \u2018Engaged in the Business\u2019 as a Dealer in Firearms\u201d rule on April 10, 2024, claiming it was intended to reflect changes in the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. GOA, the state of Texas and several individuals sued to block the regulation, securing a preliminary  on June 11, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration claimed that the \u201cDefinition of \u2018Engaged in the Business\u2019 as a Dealer in Firearms\u201d rule merely adjusted various regulatory definitions, including \u201cengaged in the business as a dealer other than a gunsmith or pawnbroker\u201d and \u201cprincipal objective of livelihood and profit,\u201d so that ATF regulations could be \u201crelied upon by the public.\u201d One of the things it did was to define how a person was \u201cengaging in the business\u201d or showing intent to \u201cpredominantly earn a profit\u201d from selling firearms, adding that failing to make a profit would not avoid ATF assuming a person was illegally dealing in firearms.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_2 --> <\/p>\n<p>The  filed by Texas and GOA argued that the statutes already had clear definitions and that ATF was exceeding its authority that \u201cwas statutorily granted to ATF by Congress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=1755\">US Bomber Crashes After Takeoff From California Air Force Base<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cGOA won our lawsuit against the ATF\u2019s tyrannical Engaged in the Business rule. It has officially been completely VACATED!\u201d Gun Owners of America posted on X Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Two weeks prior to the April 30 press conference, the DOJ asked the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to dismiss its appeal of the district court\u2019s ruling against the regulation, citing the plans to revisit the regulation.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_3 --> <\/p>\n<p>Blanche told reporters during the April 30 press conference that the changes were intended to improve enforcement while also complying with a February 2025\u00a0executive order\u00a0issued by President Donald Trump, which included a direction to review ATF\u2019s regulations promulgated by the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter\u2019s byline and their DCNF affiliation. For any questions about our guidelines or partnering with us, please contact\u00a0licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=1753\">Rising Indie Wrestling Star Jordan Saint Dead At 23 After Car Crash<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal court formally struck down a Biden administration regulation targeting private sales of firearms after the Department of Justice dropped its appeal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1758,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[18,657,896,2097,1757,659,2098,1058,247,110],"class_list":["post-1759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting","tag-2a","tag-atf","tag-batf","tag-batfe","tag-biden-administration","tag-bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives","tag-ffl","tag-gun-owners-of-america","tag-guns","tag-texas"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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