Re: 5th Circuit Strikes Down Bump Stock Ban

On 6/18/24 8:18 AM, FPP wrote:

On 6/14/24 3:33 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

In article <v4i2m6$30bm2$1@dont-email.me>,
  "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
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BTR1701 <no_email@invalid.invalid> wrote:
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https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/5th-circuit-court-of-appeals-strikes-down-t
rump-bump-stock-ban/

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A Trump administration ban on bump stocks-- devices that enable a shooter
to rapidly fire multiple rounds from semi-automatic weapons after an
initial trigger pull-- was struck down Friday by a federal appeals court in
New Orleans.

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The ban was instituted after a gunman perched in a high-rise hotel using
bump stock-equipped weapons massacred dozens of people in Las Vegas in
2017. Gun rights advocates have challenged it in multiple courts. The 13-3
ruling at the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is the latest on the issue,
which is likely to be decided at the Supreme Court.

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This case was appealed to the Supreme Court by the government, and accepted
because of the circuit split. Garland v. Cargill
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Clarence Thomas wrote the majority opinion, siding against the
government and in favor of Michael Cargill, the gun store owner who had
turned in two bump stocks to ATF to have standing to sue to have the
regulation overturned.

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This is great news. The ban was struck down not on some technicality,
but on the basis that the law says what it says and the BATF can't just
decide it wants to 'interpret it' to mean something entirely different
to conform to the politics of the moment and make instant felons out of
hundreds of thousands of citizens who legally bought expensive equipment
that the government refuses to reimburse them for while at the same time
requiring them to surrender it to law enforcement.

 It was struck down by an illegitimate and corrupt court because they were paid to strike it down.
 Once you get that, all rulings become clear.

Isn't it queer how when I pointed him to Harvard Law Professor Laurence Tribe's explanation of the situation Thanny shut his fucking mouth on the subject?