Sometimes You Hear the Scariest Things When the Supreme Court is in Session
Ketanji Brown Jackson Demonstrates Exactly the Kind of Firearm Expertise We’d Expect in a Supreme Court Justice
When it was time for the Biden Department of Justice to present its side [in Garland v. Cargill] to the Court, Justice Clarence Thomas asked what happens, according to the FPC, “with the trigger in a bump stocked rifle vs a full-auto rifle.” Please don’t wet yourself laughing when you read the government’s response. My […]
The Supreme Court on Whether ATF Can Decide That Bump Stocks are Machine Guns
The bump stock, a simple device once considered a novelty for many shooters, was the focus of ninety minutes of occasionally spirited arguments Wednesday in the United States Supreme Court. Garland v. Cargill, hinges on a single question . . . Whether a bump stock device is a ‘machine gun’ as defined in 26 U.S.C. […]
SCOTUS Will Hear Arguments in Case Challenging Trump’s Bump Stock Ban Tomorrow
The same Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that had repeatedly told [Slide Fire bump stock inventor Jeremiah] Cottle between 2008 and 2017 that his bump stocks were not illegal “machine guns” did an about-face after the Vegas massacre. At the direction of then-President Donald Trump, and backed by the National Rifle Association, the […]
Action in the Courts: The Fate of the NRA and SCOTUS on Bump Stocks
This past weekend was essentially consumed by the parsing, interpreting, and spinning of New York Attorney General Letitia James’ numerous wins against the National Rifle Association and three former/current corporate officers. After a six-week trial and a week of reportedly contentious deliberations, the jury found that, as alleged in the NY AG’s case, longtime NRA […]