CHARLESTON, WV (WVDN) — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey on Wednesday joined a coalition of 21 states in a lawsuit, opposing an ATF rule that would prevent law-abiding Americans from privately selling firearms.
“This administration is hell-bent in trampling on law-abiding Americans’ constitutionally protected right—to fit President Biden’s liberal agenda to erase the Second Amendment,” Attorney General Morrisey said. “This is unlawful, plain and simple. I have no doubt that this rule will be struck down in the courts because it’s unconstitutional.”
“I will continue to stand up for the Second Amendment rights of all West Virginians.”
The rule seeks to require a federal firearms dealer license for every individual who sells a firearm for anything the ATF sees as a profit, including currency, exchange of another firearm, or a service. It could make a felon of a gun hobbyist who sells a firearm to another family member or a hunter who trades a firearm with another hunting buddy.
In the lawsuit filed Wednesday in Arkansas, the attorneys general argue that the rule is unconstitutional, because it is vague, violates the Second Amendment and circumvents Congress.
Attorney General Morrisey joined the Kansas-, Iowa- and Montana-led lawsuit with Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Idaho, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia and Wyoming.
