Gun law in limbo as Justice Department holds off appeal

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Today's Top Stories - August 13, 2026

Today's Top Stories - August 13, 2026

The Trump administration has yet to appeal a key firearms ruling handed down last week, leaving gun control groups worried and Second Amendment advocates hoping it means the Department of Justice (DOJ) is standing down. 

When a judge ruled last week that parts of the 1934 National Firearms Act (NFA) could no longer stand, he gave the Trump administration a seven-day window to try to first mount an emergency appeal. 

It has not come. The Justice Department still has time to appeal, but the ruling has now taken effect. 

It leaves gun control groups sounding the alarm that the Trump administration may be on the cusp of abandoning its defense of the law. The administration is under pressure from Republicans and Second Amendment groups to do so. 

“Today, our government is failing us,” Brady President Kris Brown said in a........

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