September 01, 2023
A Texas federal court temporarily blocked the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives's 2018 expansion of its definition of a machine gun, finding in a recent ruling that individuals challenging the rule had shown they were likely to face criminal prosecution for owning a certain type of trigger.
August 10, 2023
A type of trigger with two-part actuation cannot be labeled an illegal machine gun component by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives because the trigger still needs to be pulled for each shot — even if mechanical assistance helps speed up the process — two gun rights nonprofit groups argued in Texas federal court.