Nearly 50 GOP Lawmakers Urge DOJ to Preserve Aug. 5 Firearm Registration Ruling
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Updated · Quiver Quantitative · Aug 12
Nearly 50 GOP Lawmakers Urge DOJ to Preserve Aug. 5 Firearm Registration Ruling
1 articles · Updated · Quiver Quantitative · Aug 12
Summary
A bicameral group of nearly 50 Republican lawmakers asked Attorney General Todd Blanche and the Justice Department not to appeal an Aug. 5 Texas ruling that eased federal firearm registration requirements.
The court held the government can no longer require registration of suppressors, short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns and some other firearms after related taxes were removed, and the lawmakers want that decision applied nationwide.
Jimmy Patronis said he joined the letter because law-abiding Americans should not need federal permission to exercise a constitutional right, framing the issue as opposition to federal overreach.
The appeal push adds to a broader Republican effort to roll back federal gun restrictions, including Patronis' recently proposed Firearm Freedom Act of 2026.