California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced that he and a multistate coalition are urging the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to withdraw a proposal affecting weapons made under federal government contracts. According to the release, the states argue the change would weaken diversion safeguards for machine guns, silencers, and destructive devices and could increase risks to public safety. The filing frames the dispute as a regulatory and intergovernmental fight over how tightly federally contracted weapons should be controlled.
