A policy win by conservative Second Amendment supporters complicates the Trump administration’s prosecution of three alleged anti-police extremists.
Levi Belcher, Anthony Slota, and Tadashi Erekson face federal charges of possessing an unregistered short-barreled rifle after Alabama police searched their home in September. President Donald Trump’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives announced last week that it would no longer enforce the law against that offense starting Oct. 9 — four days after grand jurors indicted the Alabama defendants. The Department of Justice has not explained whether the change affects criminal cases filed before Oct. 9.
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