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Gun Rights Group Sues ATF Over Machine-Gun Classification Rule

Gun Rights Group Sues ATF Over Machine-Gun Classification Rule
The National Association for Gun Rights has sued the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives over its classificaiton of some forced reset triggers as machine guns. The devices increase the rate of fire for some semi-automatic rifles. In this photo a man shoots an AR-15-style rifle at a shooting range in Greeley, Pa., on Oct. 12, 2019. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Michael Clements
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A Second Amendment advocacy group has sued the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) for allegedly overstepping its authority.

“If we allow the ATF to continue to whittle away our rights by constant redefining what is and what isn’t legal, we’ll soon be left with no rights at all,” Hannah Hill, executive director of the National Foundation for Gun Rights, the legal arm of the National Association for Gun Rights (NAGR), wrote in an Aug. 9 press release.

Michael Clements
Michael Clements
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Michael Clements is an award-winning Epoch Times reporter covering the Second Amendment and individual rights. Mr. Clements has 30 years of experience in media and has worked for outlets including The Monroe Journal, The Panama City News Herald, The Alexander City Outlook, The Galveston County Daily News, The Texas City Sun, The Daily Court Review,
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