The Texas Attorney General’s office brought the lawsuit, saying the law violates the Second Amendment.
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TheTexasAttorneyGeneral’sofficebroughtthelawsuit,sayingthelawviolatestheSecondAmendment.
AfederalappealscourtrecentlyblockedanattemptbygunownersandtheTexasattorneygeneraltoallowtheapprovalofastategunlawthatderegulatesgunsilencersinthestate.Inotherwords,gunsilencerswillremainregulatedinTexasforthetimebeing.
TheLouisiana-basedU.S.AppealsCourtfortheFifthDistrictonJune21affirmedalowercourt’sdecisionthatdismissedthecaseforlackofstanding,whichisalegaltermusedtodescribewhetheranindividual’scomplaintcanbeheardandwhetherinjurycanbeconnectedtoadefendant’sconductoragovernmentpolicy.
Intheruling,thecourtstatedthattheplaintiffsinthecasewereunabletoestablishwhethertheysufferedinjuryorweregoingto.
Underfederallaw,apersonwhowantstobuyasilencerhastofirstpaya$200excisetax,getapermit,registerthesilencerwiththeNationalFirearmsRegistrationandTransferRecord,andmarkthesilencerwithaserialnumber.Butin2021,t
