Law & Order

AFPI Urges Supreme Court to Reject Arbitrary Firearm Feature Bans in Viramontes v. Cook County

The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) filed an amicus brief today urging the U.S. Supreme Court to protect the Second Amendment rights of all law-abiding Americans. At issue is whether the Second and Fourteenth Amendments guarantee the right to possess AR-15 platform and similar semiautomatic rifles. The Court will hear arguments in Viramontes v. Cook County during its upcoming term which begins next month.

Court’s Landmark National Firearms Act Ruling Affirms AFPI Research

The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) welcomes the historic ruling in Jensen v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, which is now in effect after the Department of Justice declined to appeal. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas held that key provisions of the National Firearms Act (NFA) can no longer be enforced after Congress eliminated the transfer tax on suppressors, short-barreled rifles, and short-barreled shotguns. For the first time in 92 years, law-abiding Americans can now purchase suppressors without having to go through the NFA transfer process.

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America First Nomination: Todd Blanche

Todd W. Blanche currently serves as Acting Attorney General and as the 40th Deputy Attorney General of the United States.

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