Second, after finding in seventeen classifications over several years that use of stabilizing braces on pistols is unrestricted, ATF reclassified them as short-barreled rifles under the NFA.

When the 2nd Amendment was written. the weapons were inaccurate flintlocks, not military grade, AR-15 assault weapons that blew apart the faces of victims, including children, in Allen, Texas.

In each case, defenders of gun rights have invoked the Second Amendment, the text that casts a long shadow across all discussions of guns in the U.S. At times, it seems to all but end such discussion.

It is the second time the judge has ruled against the gun ban. In April 2023, he issued a preliminary injunction against the PICA, but an appellate judge almost immediate placed a stay on it.

Opinion Opinion: It’s Time to Rewrite the 2nd Amendment, and California Can Lead by John Maa Sept. 20, 2022, 10:05 p.m.