KELLY, COLLEAGUES CONDEMN DOJ'S FAILURE TO VIGOROUSLY DEFEND FUNDAMENTAL GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION LAW

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Sen. Mark Kelly issued the following press release:

U.S. Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Peter Welch (D-VT)and 10 of theircolleaguescondemnedthe Department of Justice (DOJ)'s refusal to seek immediate appellate relief from a recent district court decision striking down key regulatory requirements of theNational Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA).

In a letter to Attorney General Todd Blanche, thesenators expressed serious concerns about DOJ's failure to vigorously defend the NFA, a foundational federal gun violence prevention law that regulates some of the most dangerous concealable weapons in the country.

"For months, DOJ has defended the NFA in court against legal challenges brought by the firearms indust...