BREAKING: Federal Lawsuit Filed Challenging Trump Bump-Stock Ban; Injunction Sought

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  • Inigoes

    Head'n for the hills
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    Dec 21, 2008
    49,354
    SoMD / West PA
    Made courthouse news:

    Gun Groups Urge DC Circuit to Unravel Bump-Stock Ban

    WASHINGTON (CN) – Unwilling to give up their bump stocks, a device that causes semiautomatic firearms to shoot like automatics, pro-gun groups told the D.C. Circuit on Monday that the government’s new ban is invalid.

    The case before the federal appeals court comes just a week after U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich found no cause to enjoin the rule against bump stocks, which the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives adopted on Dec. 26.

    On appeal, the challengers are taking separate tacks, with a group of gun owners and the Firearms Policy Foundation contending in their brief Monday that the new rule “considerably expands” the federal definition of machine gun to cover bump stocks in violation of the agency’s powers.

    The 40-page brief goes into detail about the inner workings of guns, arguing that a gun with a bump stock still fires differently than a machine gun. The group argues that the fundamental difference in the way the two types of guns work means semiautomatic guns with a bump stock do not become machine guns under definitions found in federal law.

    “Nothing in the language or mechanics has changed since ATF made those determinations, other than the addition of a naked political desire to exceed the limits set by Congress,” the brief states.
    https://www.courthousenews.com/gun-groups-urge-dc-circuit-to-unravel-bump-stock-ban/
     

    eruby

    Confederate Jew
    MDS Supporter
    a device that causes semiautomatic firearms to shoot like automatics
    Liberals, antis, Fudds, slack-jaws, and the great unwashed will read that, and nothing else, and instantly believe a bump stock will turn a rifle into a 'Tom Hanks in the rain in The Road to Perdition' killing machine.

    Put a rifle with a bump stock in a vise, and pull the trigger .........


    :sad20:
     

    Qbeam

    Ultimate Member
    Apr 16, 2008
    6,074
    Georgia
    Yup, it takes two actions at the same time, not one. Doing two things at once is not their forte (walking and chewing gum).


    Q
     

    light12pdr

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    MDS Supporter
    Nov 6, 2015
    236
    From Judge Henderson
    "Karen LeCraft Henderson, Circuit Judge,
    dissenting : The appellants in this case make an extraordinary request: they want us to order briefing, hear argument and issue an opinion all within the next three weeks. An extraordinary request calls for an extraordinary showing. But the appellants fail to demonstrate, or even try to demonstrate,that their appeal clears the high bar for expedited consideration."

    Doesn't the possibility of thousands of law abiding gun owners becoming felons overnight facing jail time and costly penalties match that "high bar" ? How about if people comply, destroy their property, and then the ban is lifted It would seem to me that the ban should be delayed until the Honorable Judge Henderson has had enough time.
     

    pcfixer

    Ultimate Member
    May 24, 2009
    5,947
    Marylandstan
    From Judge Henderson
    "Karen LeCraft Henderson, Circuit Judge,
    dissenting : The appellants in this case make an extraordinary request: they want us to order briefing, hear argument and issue an opinion all within the next three weeks. An extraordinary request calls for an extraordinary showing. But the appellants fail to demonstrate, or even try to demonstrate,that their appeal clears the high bar for expedited consideration."

    Doesn't the possibility of thousands of law abiding gun owners becoming felons overnight facing jail time and costly penalties match that "high bar" ? How about if people comply, destroy their property, and then the ban is lifted It would seem to me that the ban should be delayed until the Honorable Judge Henderson has had enough time.

    Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina
    Nominated by Ronald Reagan on June 3, 1986, to a seat vacated by William W. Wilkins.
     

    ironpony

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    Jun 8, 2013
    7,189
    Davidsonville
    She’s correct, a bill against a right should NOT be made law until ALL cases against it are ruled upon by the judicial branch of government. Otherwise it is guilty until proven innocent by said branch. Postpone that shit. Or do your job.

    Just a thought.
     

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