N.R.A. to Sue Over Bulk Gun Sales Rule [View All]

Source: NY Times

WASHINGTON — The National Rifle Association is expected to file a lawsuit on Wednesday challenging a new federal regulation requiring gun merchants along the border with Mexico to report bulk sales of certain semiautomatic rifles, contending that the Obama administration exceeded its powers by imposing the rules last month without Congressional permission.

The N.R.A. is bringing the lawsuit in the name of two firearms dealers in Arizona. Its draft complaint, a copy of which was obtained by The New York Times, asks a federal judge in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to issue an injunction barring enforcement of the rule by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

“N.R.A. has always viewed this as a blatant attempt by the Obama administration to pursue their gun-control agenda through back-door rule making, and the N.R.A. will fight them every step of the way,” said Wayne LaPierre, the executive vice president of the gun-rights group.

But Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said the Justice Department would fight the N.R.A. challenge.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/04/us/04guns.html?hp