So, does this mean that bump stocks are again legal? Anyone still have them in the garbage can to retrieve?
The Biden Admin will appeal this.
It is not the final word.
Who knows. A court ruling won’t stop the ATF from breaking into your home and murdering you if you own one w/o the necessary ‘mother may I’ papers.
Interesting question. When various Ciruit Courts made immigration rulings, the ruling applied accross all circuits. The scope of effect of most decisions is limited to that Circuit, the Circuits can come to opposite conclusions. That's called a "split" and is a factor that SCOTUS includes when considering whether or not to take a case.
Then there is the fact that the government can and does circumvent court rulings, if it wants to. In other words, you can be punished by process even if you are totally innocent. This is more common than people realize.