Posted on 06/14/2024 7:25:32 AM PDT by KierkegaardMAN
The US supreme court has struck down a federal ban on “bump stocks”, the devices which can vamp up semi-automatic firearms to discharge ammunition almost as rapidly as machine guns and that have been behind some of the most devastating mass shootings in recent history.
The top court’s ruling in Garland v Cargill nullifies the Trump administration’s 2018 regulation from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) which ordered anyone who owned a bump stock to destroy it or hand it over to federal agents. The rule was passed in the after the devastating 2017 mass shooting at a music festival in Las Vegas, in which a gunman fired more than 1,000 rounds, killing 60 people and injuring almost 500.
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The opinion still leaves forced reset triggers as questionable: it depends on what a “single function of the trigger” means- a pull only (banned)? or are one pull and one release two separate functions of the trigger (ok)?
Has the ban on fully automatic weapons ever been tested in court?
Specifically the Thompson sub-machine gun, aka ‘Tommy Gun’............................
The article needs fact checking.
Who gives a crap about bump stocks...there are States that have outlawed AR15s, THAT is what the SC needs to be addressing.
“Spock...Are you out of your Vulcan mind?”
Ruling (6-3) puts the act of making laws back into the branch of government our Constitution requires, namely Congress and NOT the White House.
Yep.
Considering that the ban on bump stocks has been fully litigated, we still don’t have the details behind the case.
bkmk
They are saving the last two most important crucial ruling before they skedaddle for safety! Don’t know if it’s good or bad but I’m praying that it is positive for those who are unjustly in prison and Trump!
This is sweet.
Now, what about those who have been prosecuted for this non-crime?
I don’t think this means congress itself couldn’t ban bump stocks but just that the ATF overstepped their authority from congress in banning them.
yes a pushback on the aggressive bureaucratic state.
Rights weren’t eroded overnight and won’t be restored overnight. Take the W and prepare for the next battle.
The court made a good decision. The determination of semi-auto vs full-auto has always been about how many shots are discharged with a single trigger pull. Semi-auto means ONE shot. Full-auto means discharges continue as long as the trigger remains depressed and ammunition remains. The mechanics of the fire control assembly dictate the function.
I agree there was full auto being fired at the Vegas shooting. I am also convinced there was more than one shooter.
There is no ban on full auto. You have to pay a tax when applying.
As long as it was made before 1986, everything else is banned for a citizen.
Oh hey, look what I found in the back of my closet.
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