Over a dozen Democratic state attorneys general announced their intention to defend two gun regulations facing legal challenges. The regulations target devices that enable faster firing rates and aim to close the 'gun show loophole' by requiring background checks for more firearm sellers.
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FILE - New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, Nov. 21, 2024, in Philadelphia. New Jersey Democratic Attorney General Matt Platkin said his state and others with Democratic attorneys general, plan to intervene in cases already in the court system ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration Monday.One case involves devices known as forced reset triggers, or FRTs, which can be installed on weapons, functionally turning them into machine guns, according to Platkin.
In 2024, a federal judge in Texas held that FRTs do not qualify as machine guns and issued a court order prohibiting ATF from taking criminal or civil enforcement actions regarding FRTs against a broad swath of entities, and ordering ATF to return FRTs to distributors by Feb. 22, 2025. The United States appealed that decision, and the parties are awaiting a decision from a federal appeals court.
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