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Get you up to speed: Trump ordered DOJ not to appeal ruling that loosened limits on “gangster weapons,” sources say

President Trump ordered the Justice Department not to appeal a court ruling by U.S. District Judge James Wesley Hendrix that loosened restrictions on certain firearms, including short-barreled rifles and silencers. The ruling was made in the Northern District of Texas and allows members of specific gun rights groups to possess these firearms with less government oversight.

The Justice Department plans to inform Congress that it will not appeal the court ruling, with guidance from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives expected to be issued shortly. Historical data shows the firearms affected by the injunction have accounted for only about 5% of closed gun-trafficking investigations from 2017 to 2021, highlighting their relative infrequency in crime reports.

President Trump has directed the Justice Department to refrain from appealing a court ruling that has eased restrictions on certain firearms, leading to concerns among legal experts regarding public safety and ongoing federal prosecutions. The Department of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is expected to issue guidance soon to implement the court’s order, while it remains possible for other parties to seek permission to appeal or for Congress to introduce new regulations.

What remains unclear — It is not yet known whether any states or counties will seek to intervene and appeal the ruling following the Justice Department’s decision not to contest it.

Trump instructed DOJ not to challenge ruling on firearms restrictions

Washington — President Trump ordered the Justice Department not to appeal a court ruling that loosened restrictions on firearms known as “gangster weapons,” sources familiar with the matter told WTX US News, a move that will let some Americans possess or sell short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns and silencers with less government oversight.

For more than 90 years, those types of arms have been among the most heavily regulated because they are generally considered to be particularly dangerous and easily concealable.

Under the National Firearms Act, first enacted in 1934, anyone wishing to sell, possess or make a firearm or device covered by the law has had to submit a detailed written application to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. They have also had to be fingerprinted and were required to register the weapons, which must be engraved with serial numbers, with the ATF.

But in August, U.S. District Judge James Wesley Hendrix, a Trump appointee in the Northern District of Texas, ruled that most of the restrictions on all but two categories of specialized firearms regulated under the National Firearms Act are unconstitutional.

The president himself decided against appealing the ruling, several of the sources with knowledge of the matter said. Mr. Trump has also told some Republican members of Congress in a series of calls in recent weeks that he would ensure the Justice Department did not contest the decision, sources familiar with the discussions said.

Letting the lower court ruling stand runs counter to the recommendations of some career and politically appointed lawyers at the Justice Department across multiple offices who disagree with the court’s opinion, several of the sources said, adding that they have warned it is already beginning to adversely impact federal firearms prosecutions across the country.

It also runs afoul of the Justice Department’s “duty to defend,” a longstanding legal principle that says the department has a constitutional duty to defend the laws enacted by Congress, as long as reasonable arguments can be made in support of those statutes, some of the sources said.

A Justice Department official said the department intends to tell Congress it will not appeal the ruling.

A spokesperson with the Justice Department told WTX US News the Department of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) “will issue guidance soon to implement the court’s order.”

A White House spokesperson said: “Anyone who would have been prohibited from buying a firearm under the old structure is still prohibited from buying a firearm under the structure that now exists after the federal district court’s decision. All federal criminal statutes imposing additional charges or penalties for the unlawful possession of a firearm remain in place and will continue to be enforced by federal law enforcement.”

The judge’s decision came in two consolidated cases brought against the government by 15 red states and a number of Second Amendment gun rights groups and individuals, including the Gun Owners of America and the Gun Owners Foundation. 

Although the ruling applies only to the parties to the lawsuit, any current or future members of the gun groups that sued over the rules are covered. An annual membership to the Gun Owners of America, for example, costs $25.

The ruling does not apply to the country’s most popular firearms, such as AR-15s and Glock pistols, which are standard weapons available for sale commercially and regulated largely under a different federal law. That law also blocks certain people from owning guns, such as convicted felons, a prohibition that would still apply to buyers of so-called “gangster weapons.”

It also does not apply to machine guns or explosive devices, which remain primarily regulated under the National Firearms Act, a statute passed in 1934 that created a federal oversight regime for the types of guns used by mobsters like Al Capone, such as sawed-off shotguns and Tommy guns.

The Justice Department last month faced criticism from gun control groups after it failed to seek a stay of the judge’s order, a decision that allowed the injunction to go into effect on Aug. 13.

At the time, the Justice Department said it was still “assessing the impact of the court’s ruling.”

The deadline to appeal the court’s ruling is Oct. 5.

Hendrix’s opinion was based on a decision by Congress last year to include a provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that eliminated a $200 tax imposed on firearms regulated under the National Firearms Act when they are transferred or made. 

“Because today’s NFA does not generate any revenue from untaxed firearms, its regulatory provisions cannot be upheld under the taxing power,” the judge wrote. “And there is no sign in the NFA’s text, structure, or statutory history that Congress invoked any other power in crafting the NFA provisions at issue. Thus, the regulatory provisions must be enjoined as unconstitutional because they exceed Congress’s enumerated powers.”

Justice Department attorneys have argued that the government still has the legal authority to regulate the firearms at issue under the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution, which gives Congress the power to regulate commerce across state lines. 

They also have argued that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act left intact a separate tax that is imposed on businesses that manufacture, distribute or deal in the types of weapons at issue in the lawsuit.

One source familiar with the discussions believes that some Justice Department lawyers are more worried about their win-loss record than the president’s gun policies, adding that it is merely a scare tactic to suggest that not appealing will allow people to possess or sell sawed-off shotguns and suppressors without government oversight.

In his ruling, Hendrix imposed a permanent injunction on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that prevents the agency from enforcing the challenged provisions of the law.

Although the injunction only applies to the parties in the lawsuit, the judge said that it would also be applied to the plaintiff gun groups’ members and customers, “both current and future.”

His decision to cover “future” customers and members of the gun rights groups who are a party to the lawsuit has already started to cause problems for federal prosecutors.

In one criminal prosecution in the Middle District of Alabama, for example, the Justice Department earlier this month dismissed an indictment against a man named Cameron Silmon on a charge he knowingly received a silencer without a serial number, after his defense lawyer claimed his client had joined some of the gun rights groups after the Texas judge issued the injunction.

Bren McMaken, the assistant attorney general prosecuting the case, wrote that the government “disagrees with Silmon’s position that a District Judge in the Northern District of Texas has the power to stop the United States Attorney in the Middle District of Alabama from enforcing the criminal laws of the United States.”

He added that while the government was dropping the charge, its ongoing investigation had since uncovered evidence of more crimes. Among the new charges that Silmon now faces is illegal possession of a machine gun — one of the categories of firearms not covered by the court’s injunction. 

Historically, the types of firearms covered by the court’s order are not commonly recovered at crime scenes because of the stringent regulations that govern them. Between 2017 and 2021, the NFA-covered firearms only accounted for about 5% of the closed gun-trafficking investigations, according to an ATF report.

However, there have been a number of high-profile criminal cases over the years that have involved some of the firearms in question.

Luigi Mangione, who pleaded guilty last month to shooting and killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a Manhattan sidewalk, used a silencer on his weapon.

Emma Brown, the executive director of pro-gun control organization GIFFORDS, argued that deciding not to appeal would constitute a “failure to defend public safety.”

“The Trump Administration could bring us back to the days of Al Capone, where silencers and short-barreled shotguns were used to recklessly kill people,” Brown told WTX US News.

If the Justice Department follows through on not appealing Hendrix’s ruling, there is still a chance that other interested parties, like states or counties, could try to ask the court for permission to intervene and appeal it themselves.

Congress could also reinstate the tax or pass a different law to regulate them, but doing so would likely require Democrats to regain a majority in the House and Senate.

“The ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ provision that quietly zeroed out the tax may ultimately do what no court, no Congress, and no administration has done in ninety years eliminate: the National Firearms Act, one of the primary American gun laws,” said Jeffrey Cohen, former associate chief counsel at the ATF.

Get you up to speed: Couple killed in boat accident in Venice months after wedding | News World

Sean Michieli and Gabriella Querino died in a boating accident in the Tessera Canal, Venice, on Saturday, September 12. Following a collision with a water taxi, Michieli was hospitalised but later succumbed to his injuries, while Querino’s body was discovered days later near Campalto.

An investigation into the incident has been opened, focusing on potential manslaughter, with the water taxi driver, aged 38, currently under questioning. Simone Venturini, the mayor of Venice, emphasised the necessity for improved regulations and monitoring of water traffic to ensure safety in the lagoon following the tragic event.

Simone Venturini, the mayor of Venice, described the incident as “a tragic event that gripped our entire city and ended in a very painful way,” while Democratic Party regional councillor Monica Sambo emphasised the need for increased regulation and monitoring of water traffic in Venice. An investigation into manslaughter has been launched, with police questioning the 38-year-old water taxi driver involved in the incident.

What remains unclear — The exact circumstances leading to the collision between the couple’s boat and the water taxi have not yet been determined.

Couple die in boating accident in Venice months after their wedding

Couple die in boating accident in Venice months after their wedding
Sean Michielli and Gabriella Querino have died months after tying the knot (Picture: Sean Michieli)

A couple on holiday in Venice have died in a boating accident, months after saying ‘I do’.

Sean Michieli and Gabriella Querino died on Saturday, September 12, while visiting the Italian city, which is close to where Michieli, 25, grew up.

He was from Burano in the northern part of the lagoon, while his wife Querino, 26, was from Brazil, according to local outlets.

They had been struck by a water taxi while in a small boat at around 5am to 6am in the Tessera Canal, with the husband taken to hospital in critical condition.

Querino was reported missing, and a search quickly began using firefighter divers, jet skis, a maritime unit, and a helicopter to find her.

On Sunday evening, Michieli succumbed to his injuries, which included a head injury and abdominal trauma, after undergoing surgery.

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Sean and Gabriella Sean_Michieli Instagram/Sean_MichieliThe couple had been married for barely three months when they were struck by a water taxi. Sean and Gabriella died in the accident. Instagram/Sean_Michieli
Their boat was allegedly hit by a water taxi (Picture: Sean Michieli)

Querino’s body was later found on Tuesday morning near the island of Campalto, nearly two kilometres from the crash site.

People reported that Querino, who moved to Italy two years before, had been pregnant at the time with the couple’s first child.

Simone Venturini, the mayor of Venice, described the incident as ‘a tragic event that gripped our entire city and ended in a very painful way.’

An investigation has been opened into manslaughter, with a 38-year-old water taxi driver questioned by police.

The man’s lawyer said he had been ‘devastated for days’ and routine toxicology tests have been carried out, but the results have not yet been revealed.

According to the suspect, he had been transporting two clients to Marco Polo Airport, with all his boat’s lights on due to the early morning darkness.

Story from Jam Press (Newlyweds Boat Tragedy) Pictured: Emergency services searching for Gabriella Querino. Newlywed dead and wife missing after boat collides with five-tonne water taxi A newlywed husband is dead and his wife is missing after their boat collided with a five-tonne water taxi. Sean Michieli and Gabriella Querino got married on 8 June. On Saturday morning (12 September), they left Burano, Italy, together on board a small boat to search for bait needed for Sean?s work. Shortly afterwards, the couple?s boat collided with a water taxi weighing around five tonnes and sank. Sean, 25, was rushed to Venice-Mestre Hospital with severe craniofacial trauma and other injuries across his body. He underwent surgery before being admitted to the ICU. However, he was declared brain dead yesterday (13 September), following hours of tests and observation. That same day, Gabriella?s handbag was recovered from the waters of the Venetian Lagoon. Police, firefighters and divers are still searching for the 26-year-old, although they are being hampered by strong currents and poor visibility. Sean, originally from Cavallino-Treporti, worked as a clam fisherman, as reported by NeedToKnow. He had passed his passion for the job on to Gabriella, who is originally from Ribeir?o Preto, Brazil, and moved to Italy around two years ago. She had been sorting out the necessary paperwork and was in the process of obtaining the licence she needed to work in fishing. Her mother, Gisele Elorriaga, told Brazilian media: ?She was building a life for herself over there, and she was happy.? The prosecutor?s office has opened an investigation into the incident. The cause of the collision is not yet known, although darkness, fog and the water taxi?s high speed are among the possibilities being considered. The only witness is the water taxi driver. Gisele said: ?I just want my daughter back alive, nothing else.? ENDS EDITOR?S NOTES Quotations have been translated to English. Fair Dealing / Fair Use: In limited cases, Jam Press may distribute material under fair dealing/fair use principles for legitimate editorial reporting purposes. Jam Press accepts responsibility for licensed editorial publisher usage only. Any additional client usage, including use across owned social media channels, commercial marketing or non-editorial purposes, remains the responsibility of the client.
Querino’s body was found days later after going missing (Picture: JamPress)

He claimed that Michieli and Querino’s boat was travelling at high speed without lights when they allegedly collided.

Democratic Party regional councillor Monica Sambo said that officials were waiting for the results of the investigation to ‘fully clarify the circumstances of the accident’.

Sambo added: ‘[This highlights] the need for serious regulation and monitoring of water traffic [in Venice], as well as proper canal lighting to ensure the safety of everyone navigating the lagoon.’

It’s thought that the couple had been out on the boat together in search of bait as Michieli worked as a fisherman.

Luca Zaia, president of the Regional Council of Veneto, called it ‘an immense tragedy for a family that was just beginning to build their future’.

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