If challenged, this rule should go down based on the recent US appeals court decision that shot down Trump’s attempted ban on bump stocks, by ruling that changes to firearm prohibitions should only come from Congress, not Executive branch fiat.
The power to make law in the United States belongs to Congress; lawmakers who are elected and are representatives of the people who voted them into office. That’s the thought at the heart of the recent court decision by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals that overturned the federal ban on bump stocks
“Many commentators argue that non-mechanical bump stocks contribute to firearm deaths and that the Final Rule is good public policy. We express no opinion on those arguments because it is not our job to determine our nation’s public policy. That solemn responsibility lies with the Congress,” the opinion reads.
Exactly, thanks.