AG Platkin announced he is leading an effort by more than a dozen states to defend two major actions by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) that protect residents nationwide. These filings come as the incoming Trump Administration may abandon its defense of these two important federal policies.

The first action defends ATF’s decision to prohibit “Forced Reset Triggers” (FRTs) nationwide—a “machinegun conversion device” that allows owners to illegally convert their firearms into fully automatic weapons with the firepower of a military machinegun. The second defends ATF’s so-called “engaged in the business” rule, which implements the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act’s expansion of gun dealers that have to go through criminal background checks for their purchasers and keep records of their sales to help law enforcement solve crimes.

“Protecting our residents and combating gun violence has always been my top priority — resulting in two years running of record-low shootings […] Any time the Trump Administration stands down to the gun industry, state Attorneys General will stand up for Americans across our country in the battle to end the gun violence epidemic.”- AG Platkin

https://www.njoag.gov/attorney-general-platkin-leads-national-fight-to-protect-federal-firearm-safety-measures-from-incoming-trump-administration/