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ATF Confirms Data Breach + California Sends Gun Bills to Newsom's Desk

1w ago · 10:51

The Center Square covers a confirmed ATF data breach involving investigative records, a multi-state attorney general challenge to proposed ATF firearm rule changes, a congressional request for ATF guidance following a federal court ruling on suppressor regulations, several gun bills advancing in California, and ongoing Second Amendment litigation in Massachusetts and before the U.S. Supreme Court. The ATF confirmed a cybersecurity incident affecting a legacy standalone system connected to its CALEA database, following claims that investigative material was released; the agency says the breach did not affect its other operational systems and that its ability to carry out its mission is unaffected. Separately, a coalition of attorneys general led by California's Rob Bonta is opposing a package of ATF rule changes they say would weaken firearm regulations, including easing interstate transport rules and removing certain law enforcement notification and marking requirements. Kansas Congressman Tracy Mann sent a letter to the ATF director requesting clear guidance for firearms dealers and owners following the Silencer Shop Foundation v. ATF ruling, which has created uncertainty around suppressor registration requirements. In California, the legislature passed several gun measures headed to Governor Gavin Newsom's desk, including a bill requiring live-fire training for new firearm purchasers and a bill establishing a 10-year firearm prohibition for people convicted of removing or altering a gun's serial number. In Massachusetts, a federal judge denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the state's non-resident carry permit process, which the Second Amendment Foundation calls a procedural win; the group also filed an amicus brief in a separate Massachusetts case over subjective carry permit denials, and a Yale University professor filed a brief in the Vermontese case before the U.S. Supreme Court.