TFA and GOA file Amicus Brief in Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals challenging ATF’s “Frame and Receiver” rule.

On August 25, 2023, Tennessee Firearms Association joined again with Gun Owners of America in the effort to defeat the ATF’s unconstitutional expansion of the Congressional definition of a “frame or receiver”. The brief was filed in the case of Jennifer VanDerStok, et al. v. Merrick Garland, et. al. Fifth Circuit 23:10718.

The issue in this case includes the ATF’s attempt to redefine what has frequently been referred to as “80% lowers”. Those asking the court to invalidate the rule assert that only Congress has the authority to change or expand a definition that Congress provided and that the ATF’s “reinterpretation” on the long standing phrase “frame or receiver” is an attempt by an administrative agency to do what only Congress is authorized to do.

If you are a TFA member and would like to help fund additional litigation like this, please consider making a supplemental member donation.

Also, this year we have established the Tennessee Firearms Foundation, Inc., a new entity that is now recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) charity. Part of the work of TFF will be to expand the work in educating the public on federal and state firearms laws, the state and federal constitutions and to help TFA expand the litigation challenges to state and federal infringements on the rights protected by the Second Amendment.