LITTLE ROCK – Attorney General Tim Griffin issued a statement today regarding the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit's decision to reverse a lower court ruling denying a preliminary injunction in Firearms Regulatory Accountability Coalition, Inc. v. Garland.
“This is a victory for the rights of Americans and the rule of law as the Eighth Circuit concluded that our lawsuit is likely to succeed. This ruling brings us one step closer to stopping this unconstitutional rule,” Griffin stated.
He added, “This is yet another attempt to rewrite the laws Congress has passed. The new rule defines a pistol with a stabilizing brace as a short-barreled rifle, thus increasing federal regulation and putting Americans at risk of fines, forfeiture, and felony conviction. I will continue to fight for the 2nd Amendment rights of Arkansans and against the arbitrary-and-capricious rules of the Biden-Harris administration.”
Arkansas is part of a coalition involving private entities and state attorneys general in this lawsuit. The states participating include West Virginia, North Dakota, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia and Wyoming.
About Attorney General Tim Griffin:
Tim Griffin was sworn in as Arkansas’s 57th Attorney General on January 10, 2023. He previously served as the state’s 20th Lieutenant Governor from 2015-2023 and as the 24th representative of Arkansas’s Second Congressional District from 2011-2015. During his congressional tenure he served on several committees including Ways and Means; Armed Services; Foreign Affairs; Ethics; Judiciary; and was also Deputy Whip for the Majority.
Griffin has over 28 years of service in the U.S. Army Reserve Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps and currently holds the rank of colonel. In 2005 he was mobilized as an Army prosecutor at Fort Campbell and served with the 101st Airborne Division in Mosul.
Currently serving as Commander of the 2d Legal Operations Detachment in New Orleans with previous assignments including Commander of the 134th Legal Operations Detachment at Fort Liberty (née Bragg), Senior Legislative Advisor to Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness at Pentagon among others.
He earned his master’s degree in strategic studies from U.S. Army War College where he graduated with Distinguished Honor Graduate recognition.
Griffin also held roles such as U.S. Attorney for Eastern District of Arkansas; Special Assistant to President George W. Bush; Special Assistant to Assistant Attorney General Michael Chertoff among other notable positions within U.S Department Of Justice & House Committees.
A graduate from Magnolia High School Hendrix College Conway Tulane Law School New Orleans attended graduate school Oxford University admitted practice law Arkansas Louisiana inactive lives Little Rock wife Elizabeth Camden native three children.
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