Relying almost entirely on a rumor of better rules to come, Jennifer VanDerStok and friends have dismissed their multi-year case against the Biden frame or receiver rule in the Northern District of Texas. This leaves Defense Distributed and the Second Amendment Foundation as the only remaining parties in the litigation. Last week we moved for summary judgment against ATF before judge O’Connor.
You’d think Second Amendment partisans would want to score a Second Amendment win against today’s bad rule versus tomorrow’s, but there’s apparently some value in being friendly with one of the most unpopular and unreliable American administrations of modern times. Mysterious! The obvious risk — and I’m just saying it for the SEO — is Everytown will sue to stop any new and better rule in nine months’ time, creating the inverse of the current VanDerStok scenario.
Anyway, since we appealed O’Connor’s decision not to grant us an injunction on the remaining VanDerStok claims, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has now given us a briefing schedule.
By the time Newsom is President there will at least be 80% receivers in Texas. Have you made your 2029 plan yet?
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