Side Arm Sams Posted January 7, 2023 Report Share Posted January 7, 2023 5th court of appeals 13-3 struck down the Bump Stock Ban as illegal. Says ATF had no authority without Congress approval. This maybe why the brace ban was in limbo, to see what the outcome of this case. Anyways, ONE for the Good Guys. For now, ugh. YMMV. Jim 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Side Arm Sams Posted January 7, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2023 Full Article: A federal appeals court on Friday struck down the Trump-era ban on bump stocks, a firearm accessory that enables a semi-automatic gun to shoot at an increased rate of fire. In a 13-3 decision, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans held that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), acting under "tremendous" public pressure, short-circuited the legislative process by approving a rule to define bump stocks as "machineguns," which are illegal to possess. The court said ATF did not have the authority from Congress to do so. The bump stock ban, opposed by gun rights activists, was enacted by the Trump administration after the 2017 massacre in Las Vegas, where a gunman slaughtered 58 people at a music festival. The shooter used rifles equipped with bump stocks, allowing him to fire more than 1,000 rounds in 11 minutes at a crowd of 22,000 people. In 2018, President Donald Trump signed an executive order instructing the attorney general to regulate bump stocks, and ATF acted in accordance with the president's order. To do so, the agency reversed its decade-old position that bump stocks were not machineguns. SUPREME COURT DECLINES TO HEAR ANOTHER CHALLENGE TO FEDERAL BUMP STOCK BAN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.L. Posted January 7, 2023 Report Share Posted January 7, 2023 Hey Jim, Maybe they'll strike down the arm brace non-sense going on now too? I hope so anyway. R.L. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colt Chopper Posted January 9, 2023 Report Share Posted January 9, 2023 Disposed of my Fostech bump stock at the time of the ban, even if if appealed, I would not buy another. Already lost my money once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cincylance Posted January 13, 2023 Report Share Posted January 13, 2023 Looks like I may need to get my snorkel gear ready. lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron D Posted February 8, 2023 Report Share Posted February 8, 2023 I have seen them for sale on gun broker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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