Category Archives: ATF

Understanding the status of forced reset triggers in Virginia

In an agreement between the government and Rare Breed Triggers, announced Friday May 16th, 2025, the Department of Justice agreed that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives overstepped its authority in reclassifying forced reset triggers (FRTs) as machine … Continue reading

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Buying a firearm while in the Virginia Address Confidentiality Program

Recently, a dealer I represent contacted me with a question regarding an identification document that a customer was attempting to use to purchase a firearm. In this case, the customer was presenting a driver’s license with a PO Box as … Continue reading

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Trust approval times continue to impress

I have written twice over the last several weeks about how the new ATF approval process is benefitting trust applicants as well as individuals, but I still have clients who want to see concrete examples. This is an approval one … Continue reading

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Supreme Court strikes down ATF bump stock reinterpretation

In a 6 to 3 decision, the Supreme Court has dealt yet another blow to the ATF’s rampant administrative overreach. In the case of Garland v. Cargill, embedded below, the court ruled that, despite the emotional pleas underlying the push … Continue reading

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District Court grants summary judgment in case challenging ATF arm-brace rulemaking

Today the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas granted summary judgement in favor of the plaintiffs (gun owners) in the case of Mock v. Garland. As you may remember, this was a suit challenging the ATF … Continue reading

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