Back in December, the Department of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) finalized a new regulation that changed definition of “machinegun” to include “bump-stock-type devices." Beginning March 26, owning or possessing a bump stock will be illegal.
On Monday night, a federal court judge denied three separate preliminary injunction requests. The decision was a consolidated ruling in two cases, Firearms Policy Coalition v. Whitaker and Guedes v. Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
According to court documents, the plaintiffs had varying arguments for a preliminary injunction:
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quite sure I have no "need" for a machine gun. however, IF I wanted one, that should be a good enough reason to have one. what part of the 2A of the United States Constitution does the government of the United States not get?
ReplyDeletebeing able to afford the ammunition quantities would be a completely different issue.
Yes and there are other ways to make one fire rapidly without a bump stock.
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