I am not one to jump on the ‘4-d chess’ band wagon, but I think Trump knew his executive order would push this to a court ruling.
So, does this mean that bump stocks are again legal? Anyone still have them in the garbage can to retrieve?
“The government shall infringe the right to keep and bear arms in a variety of ways, as shall be determined from time to time by legislation, executive orders, court orders and other such means as shall be deemed convenient at any given time, although this may or may not be subject to review and change at a later date, so who really knows?”
That right there is a direct quote from the Penumbra.
If anything, as a government agency, they should be promoting the manufacturing, sale, and use of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms.
The problems is that this is a ruling on the technical deficiency of the rule - the ATF is essentially assuming more power than the controlling statute has ceded to it - rather than a ruling on the constitutional merits of the ATF’s rule.
IOW, when Biden breaks the filibuster to ban most semi-automatics (which is coming WAY sooner rather than later), the bump stocks will be expressly prohibited by statutory law and not dependent on ATF discretion, essentially mooting this case. It will never be heard by the Supreme Court.
Belt Loops can be used as “bump stocks”.
Raise your hand if you ever bothered to get rid of your bump stock. 🙄
Obama looked into this issue three times and concluded that the executive branch doesn’t have the power to ban bump stocks.
Trump took one look and decided he did. TeamD types didn’t object because anything gungrabby is good. TeamR types didn’t object because it was Trump, not Obama, doing it.
But Obama was right on that one and Trump was wrong and I’m glad the 6th Circuit saw it that way.