Justice Department Issues Proposed Rule and Model Legislation to Reduce Gun Violence

United States Department of Justice

Today, the Department of Justice announced two new steps to help address the continuing epidemic of gun violence affecting communities across the country. First, the department issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that makes clear that when individuals use accessories to convert pistols into short-barreled rifles, they must comply with the heightened regulations on those dangerous and easily concealable weapons. Second, the department published model legislation to help states craft their own “extreme risk protection order” laws, sometimes called “red flag” laws. By sending the proposed rule to the Federal Register and publishing the model legislation today, the department has met the deadlines that the Attorney General announced alongside President Biden in April.  

“The Justice Department is determined to take concrete steps to reduce the tragic toll of gun violence in our communities,” said Attorney General Merrick B. Garland. “Today we continue to deliver on our promise to help save lives while protecting the rights of law-abiding Americans. We welcome the opportunity to work with communities in the weeks and months ahead in our shared commitment to end gun violence.”

The department issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that would make clear that the statutory restrictions on short-barreled rifles apply to pistols that are equipped with certain stabilizing braces and intended to be fired from the shoulder. The National Firearms Act imposes heightened regulations on short-barreled rifles because they are easily concealable, can cause great damage, and are more likely to be used to commit crimes. But companies now sell accessories that make it easy for people to convert pistols into these more dangerous weapons without going through the statute’s background check and registration requirements. These requirements are important public safety measures because they regulate the transfer of these dangerous weapons and help ensure they do not end up in the wrong hands. The proposed rule would clarify when these attached accessories convert pistols into weapons covered by these heightened regulations.

Once the proposed rule is published in the Federal Register, the public will have 90 days to submit comments.  To view the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, please see here.

The department also published model legislation and detailed commentary that will make it easier for states to craft “extreme risk protection orders” authorizing courts to temporarily bar people in crisis from accessing firearms. By allowing family members or law enforcement to intervene and to petition for these orders before warning signs turn into tragedy, “extreme risk protection orders” can save lives. They are also an evidence-based approach to the problem. The model legislation, developed after consultation with a broad range of stakeholders, provides a framework that will help more states enact these sensible laws.

To read the model legislation, please see here.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-issues-proposed-rule-and-model-legislation-reduce-gun-violence

8 thoughts on “Justice Department Issues Proposed Rule and Model Legislation to Reduce Gun Violence

  1. No need to read any of this crap…granted I read the the first few paragraphs; however.

    By attempting to restrict firearms in any manner the only result is a compilation of complete and total violence as we know there is no such thing as Gun Violence, it is a made up term

    So many ways far more than firearms that people are killed and murdered, Government (democide) being the primary cause of all death, destruction and madness on our earth

    It’s as if they have all magically forgotten that Americans are free, in spirit and history, and our love of arms is due to the understanding about such perfect equalizers

    So many times Our precious Henry says it so clearly, and still they continue with the banter,,,,

    Quoting Mr Shivley; “If they could have taken them ever, it would already have been done”

    That’s all man..

    They think some social created shame and virus fear will stop the American spirit so easily, ha

    Get ready you Kike, Chicom and globalist Maggots we know a day of reckoning approaches for us all….!

    No matter planetX, our Sun going micronova or Alien buttfkrs arriving

    We will never take our sights off of you…
    Tickity tock suits…!!

    1. Thank you, Norm. Sometimes there are words that carve into our soul and psyche because they ring undeniable and eternal. And concerning our guns, I don’t know when I’ve read words more fully pervading than these:

      “It’s as if they have all magically forgotten that Americans are free, in spirit and history, and our love of arms is due to the understanding about such perfect equalizers.”

      Made me feel proud to be an American and I haven’t felt proud about that in many years/decades. Made me remember our essence.

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  2. Hhahahahhahhah , nice try fools

    yall having issues with compliance ? , well yer gonna …

  3. all this gun regulation does is take guns away from WE THE PEOPLE! government knows there time is coming soon and are afraid that they get will get put back in there place!

    1. They are not taking shit away. We have to give it away. And the 2nd Article give us the authority to blow their f-king heads off if they try to disarm us.

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