The federal judge said in the ruling that the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had already concluded that the ATF's pistol-brace rule "fails the logical outgrowth test and violates" the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and is "unlawful" under the act, which dictates the process in which federal agencies develop and issue regulations.
Lindsay also agreed with the NRA's argument that its members would face irreparable harm under the new ATF pistol-brace rule.
"Compliance with the Final Rule is not discretionary, and the NRA's members face severe penalties for their failure to comply with the Final Rule," Lindsay wrote in the ruling. "Accordingly, both of the final requirements for injunctive relief are satisfied because the threatened injury to the NRA's members outweighs the threatened harm to the Defendants, and enforcement of the Final Rule under the circumstances will not disserve the public interest."
