FT. WORTH, TX (November 15, 2023) – Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and FPC Action Foundation (FPCAF) announced the filing of their motion for summary judgment in Mock v. Garland, their lawsuit challenging ATF’s pistol brace rule. The motion follows the Fifth Circuit determining that the rule is likely illegal and remanding the lawsuit back to the district court, which issued a preliminary injunction in October. The motion can be viewed at FPCLegal.org.

“The Final Rule violates the APA because it is not a logical outgrowth of the Proposed Rule, exceeds the Agencies’ statutory authority, is arbitrary and capricious, and violates rights and powers protected and established under the U.S. Constitution,” argues the motion. “Each of these would independently be enough for this Court to vacate the Final Rule. Taken together, they demonstrate blatant disregard for the obligations placed upon them by Congress when promulgating rules and regulations that operate to impose potential criminal penalties on law- abiding Americans.

“Both the District Court and the Fifth Circuit have already determined that we’re likely to win this case and that ATF’s attempt to unilaterally reclassify millions of firearms and turn millions of Americans into felons overnight is likely unlawful and unconstitutional,” said Cody J. Wisniewski, FPCAF’s General Counsel and Vice President of Legal, and counsel for Plaintiffs in this case. “With this brief, we’ve officially begun the process of having the Court formally strike down ATF’s rule once and for all.”

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