The Trump Department of Justice (DOJ) is backing a Biden-era gun rule over objections from Second Amendment advocates.

The administration intends to maintain the Biden administration’s “Frame or Receiver” definition, whichsubjectsfirearm parts kits, or “ghost guns,” to the same regulations as traditional firearms, according to an email shared by Gun Owners of America.

“On the campaign trail, President Trump promised to end Biden’s ATF [Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives] rules, and just last week the White House appeared to affirm his commitment to ending what it called the three major attacks on gun owners by the Biden administration,” Gun Owners of America Director of Federal Affairs Aidan Johnston said in a statement to the Daily Caller News Foundation.

“Yet, all three major Biden ATF rules are in full effect: the Pistol Brace Ban Rule, the Engaged in the Business Rule, and now the Frame and Receiver Rule,” Johnston said.

“Gun owners feel betrayed and abandoned as we head into the midterms. Promises made have not yet been kept. We encourage President Trump to clean house at the Department of Justice, to use the appointment of a new Attorney General to revamp the department’s gun policy, and to execute on his campaign promises to gun owners.”

The DOJ did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.

“As you know, in VanDerStock v. Blanche (N.D. Texas), the government previously requested a stay to evaluate ATF Final Rule 2021R-05F in light of Executive Order 14206 (‘Protecting Second Amendment Rights’),” a DOJ attorney wrote in theemailshared on X.

“At this time, the government has decided to maintain the current definition of firearm ‘frame’ and ‘receiver’ contained in that final rule.”

President Donald Trump issued an executiveorderin February 2025 on “Protecting Second Amendment Rights,” which the Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) said Friday has “proven to be little more than empty rhetoric.”

The Supreme Courtupheldthe Biden administration’s rule in March 2025.

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