Trump Administration Decides to Keep the Biden Era ‘Frame or Receiver’ Definition in Place

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On February 7, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14206, “Protecting Second Amendment Rights.” It sounded promising, but it has since proven to be little more than empty rhetoric.

The following month, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a disappointing decision upholding the ATF’s “Frame or Receiver” rule, a relic of the Biden Administration. Rather than dismissing the appeal or withdrawing the Biden ATF regulation before the Court ruled, the Trump Administration chose to continue defending the gun control rule, allowing the Court to issue a decision that preserved President Biden’s regulatory overreach.

In May 2025, FPC provided the Trump White House, DOJ, and ATF with a complete, print-ready proposed rule to address the Court’s decision following months of dialogue with key officials. But the Administration has since sat on its hands.

Adding insult to injury, the Administration informed us yesterday that “At this time, the [Trump Administration] has decided to maintain the current definition of firearm ‘frame’ and ‘receiver’ contained in that final [Biden Administration] rule.”

Whoever is steering the Trump Administration is aiming the Titanic directly at the iceberg.

— Firearms Policy Coalition Statement on Trump Administration’s Decision to Support Biden Gun Control Rule

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  1. In the very blatant violation of 4th amendment department: Long Island Dentist Sues Nassau County Police for Illegal Firearms Seizure.



    ‘Government actors still need to be forced to comply with the constitutional principles of liberty, equality, and due process,’ Carey’s attorney, David Gray, told amNewYork Law. ‘Dr. Carey’s life was completely turned upside down, needlessly, and that’s why we’re seeking relief.’

    Mr. Carey also claims that the police have not returned all his property. The police did not just take his firearms and ammunition – they also took several thousand dollars’ worth of wine that is still missing. The Nassau County Police did not respond to AmmoLand News’s request for comment.
    …”

    ht* tps://www.ammoland.com/2026/04/long-island-dentist-sues-nassau-county-police-for-illegal-firearms-seizure/

  2. New York Subway Attack Underscores the Failure of ‘Sensitive Places’ Gun Bans.

    “The Grand Central machete attack is exactly the kind of real-world example gun owners should point to when anti-gun politicians insist that ‘sensitive places’ laws make the public safer.

    On Saturday morning, April 11, police say 44-year-old Anthony Griffin randomly attacked three people with a machete inside the 42nd Street–Grand Central subway station before NYPD officers shot and killed him when he refused repeated commands to drop the weapon and advanced toward them. By the time police stopped the threat, an 84-year-old man, a 65-year-old man, and a 70-year-old woman had already been badly injured. AP reported the victims’ injuries were serious but not believed to be life-threatening.

    That is the ugly truth behind New York’s so-called ‘sensitive places’ regime. New York and other anti-gun states can put all the signs they want on the wall and write all the criminal statutes they want into the books, but violent criminals do not care. They do not stop and think, ‘This subway station is a prohibited area, so I guess I won’t carry a weapon today.’ Criminals do not reconsider because Albany declared a crowded public space off-limits to concealed carry permit holders. They simply go where people are vulnerable and do what they were already planning to do. Meanwhile, the people who actually obey the law are the ones forced to go unarmed.
    …”

    ht* tps://www.ammoland.com/2026/04/new-york-machete-attack-sensitive-places-gun-bans/

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