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Arkansas chief legal officer announces multi-state lawsuit challenging ATF rule on gun-show sales
Summary
An unidentified speaker who identified himself in the transcript as the state's chief legal officer for Arkansas announced a multi-state suit against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, arguing the proposed rule unlawfully changes statutory law governing gun-show transactions and leaves excessive ATF discretion.
Speaker 1, identifying himself in the transcript as the state's chief legal officer for Arkansas, announced that he is "filing suit against the Biden administration, specifically, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms," to challenge a newly proposed ATF rule on gun-show transactions.
The complaint, he said, will argue the agency lacks authority to "unilaterally" change statutory law and that the rule is "arbitrary and capricious." "They do not have the power to do this unilaterally via fiat," Speaker 1 said. He characterized the proposed rule as lengthy and confusing, noting the transcript reference that it runs "about 126 pages." He said the rule "does not help clarify anything" and that it still leaves "a vast amount of…
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