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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n
August 23, 2024<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Washington, D.C. \u2013 Earlier this week,\u00a0Gun Owners of America<\/a>\u00a0(GOA) and\u00a0Gun Owners Foundation<\/a>\u00a0(GOF) filed an\u00a0amicus brief<\/a>\u00a0in the U.S. Supreme Court in\u00a0Garland v. VanDerStok<\/em>. The case challenges the Biden-Harris frame and receiver rule promulgated by ATF, which classified incomplete and unfinished 80 percent lower receivers, along with build-your-own-firearm kits as \u201cfirearms\u201d regulated under the Gun Control Act of 1968. The Tennessee Firearms Association and Virginia Citizens Defense League joined GOA and GOF in filing the brief.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n In the brief, GOA argues that:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n GOA has been very active in opposing this rule from its conception. First, GOA pushed its grassroots membership to submit thousands of comments to the Federal Register in opposition to the proposal. Then, GOA\u00a0filed<\/a>\u00a0a separate legal challenge to the rule in July 2022, which is currently pending.\u00a0 Finally, GOA\u2019s Federal Affairs team worked hand-in-hand with lawmakers on Capitol Hill to help draft legislation to block the rule via the Congressional Review Act.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Erich Pratt, GOA\u2019s Senior Vice President, issued the following statement:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cWe are proud to have been involved in the legal fight against this rule from the beginning, and are thrilled that the Supreme Court is hearing the case. The Biden-Harris ATF is waging war on the Second Amendment, and we can\u2019t allow them to win an inch.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Sam Paredes, on behalf of the board for GOF, added:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cDespite the temper tantrum from the anti-gun movement about so-called \u2018ghost guns,\u2019 Americans have a right to manufacture their own homemade firearms. We have worked closely with our partners in opposition to this rule from the start, and hope that SCOTUS will again make clear the ATF strayed well beyond its legal authority in drafting this rule.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n GOA spokesmen are available for interviews.\u00a0 Gun Owners of America is a nonprofit grassroots lobbying organization dedicated to protecting the right to keep and bear arms without compromise. GOA represents over two million members and activists. For more information, visit\u00a0GOA\u2019s Press Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
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