Senators Marshall, Cornyn, and GOP Colleagues Urge ATF to Rescind Biden’s Unconstitutional 2A Rules and Align with Trump Agenda

Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), John Cornyn (R-Texas), and 28 of their Senate GOP colleagues today sent a letter to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) Deputy Director Marvin Richardson, urging him to align the agency with President Donald Trump’s Second Amendment priorities laid out in his recent Executive Order. 

They also called on Deputy Director Richardson to identify and rescind former President Joe Biden’s unlawful firearms regulations, including the “Engaged in the Business” rule, pistol brace rule, so-called “ghost gun” rule, and “zero tolerance” policy under which the ATF has revoked the licenses of federal firearm licensees (FFLs) over minor bookkeeping violations.

The Senators wrote: “On Friday, February 7, 2025, President Donald J. Trump took decisive action to reaffirm law-abiding Americans’ Second Amendment rights in issuing his Executive Order, Protecting Second Amendment Rights.  We urge you to immediately align the ATF’s rules and policies with the President’s strong support for the Second Amendment.”

“Under former President Joe Biden, the ATF adopted numerous policies and rules that infringed upon Americans’ Second Amendment protections. President Trump’s Executive Order directs Attorney General Pam Bondi to review and develop a plan of action regarding President Biden’s unlawful firearms regulations. We ask that you work with the Attorney General to quickly identify and rescind these policies.”

Joining Senator Marshall, Senator Cornyn, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-South Dakota) are Senators Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina), John Barrasso (R-Wyoming), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Mississippi), Shelley Moore Capito (R-West Virginia), Jim Justice (R-West Virginia), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyoming), Steve Daines (R-Montana), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Kevin Cramer (R-North Dakota), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), James Lankford (R-Oklahoma), John Hoeven (R-North Dakota), Rick Scott (R-Florida), Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Ted Budd (R-North Carolina), Bill Hagerty (R-Tennessee), Tim Sheehy (R-Montana), Pete Ricketts (R-Nebraska), Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee), Todd Young (R-Indiana), Markwayne Mullin (R-Oklahoma), Deb Fischer (R-Nebraska), Jim Banks (R-Indiana), and Jerry Moran (R-Kansas).

The full text of the letter is available HERE.