In Elite Precision Customs v. ATF, the plaintiffs challenged one of the most absurd relics of Lyndon Johnson’s 1968 Gun Control Act — the federal ban on interstate handgun sales.
This rotten law says you can’t buy a handgun from a licensed dealer outside your home state unless it’s shipped through a dealer back home.
Translation? Washington bureaucrats decided long ago that you’re too untrustworthy to buy a pistol in Oklahoma if you live in Texas — even though it’s perfectly legal for you to own that same handgun in your home state.
But instead of standing up for the Constitution, the court folded.
The judge declared these sales restrictions “reasonable commercial regulations” and claimed they didn’t even implicate the plain text of the Second Amendment.
This is a complete betrayal of the Bruen standard, which makes clear that every modern restriction must be judged against the text and history of the Second Amendment.
Instead, the court just gave the DOJ a free pass to continue trampling on gun owners’ rights in the name of “modest inconvenience.”
And who’s leading this charge? Pam Bondi’s Department of “Injustice.”
Bondi’s DOJ didn’t hesitate to double down and defend this unconstitutional handgun sales ban — just like they recently did with Biden’s tyrannical “Engaged in the Business” rule, the backdoor gun registry cooked up by John Cornyn’s BSCA.
And if that wasn’t enough, her DOJ is even defending the unconstitutional USPS gun ban, the very law a federal judge already struck down as leaving law-abiding Americans defenseless just for picking up their mail.
It’s a disturbing trend.
Now, instead of dismantling Biden’s anti-gun legacy, she’s preserving it — and in the process, kneecapping Trump’s pro-gun agenda.
And here’s the kicker: Trump himself may have run afoul of this very handgun sales ban in the past.
That means Bondi isn’t just attacking the Second Amendment — she’s attacking her boss. If she keeps this up, it’s only a matter of time before her loyalty is in question.
This fight is expected to continue playing out in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals — where we have the best shot of striking down this unconstitutional relic once and for all.
And Texas Gun Rights isn’t sitting on the sidelines: we’re closely reviewing this case and preparing to file an amicus brief in support of FPC’s lawsuit.
Because if the courts won’t listen to the plain text of the Second Amendment, then the grassroots must make our voices heard loud and clear.
But this entire lawsuit proves why gun owners can’t blindly trust politicians, judges, or even “pro-gun” administrations to do the right thing.
Even the friendliest presidents need to be held accountable — because once they’re surrounded by establishment advisors and swamp lawyers, betrayal is always just one step away.
Bondi’s DOJ has chosen sides once again — and it’s not with you, me, or the Constitution.
Will you help Texas Gun Rights keep the pressure on Pam Bondi and her rogue DOJ — and ensure that ALL politicians and unelected bureaucrats are held accountable for their actions on the Second Amendment?
