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5th Circuit Court of Appeals Strikes Down Trump Bump Stock Ban

January 6, 2023 by TTAG Contributor

By Kevin McGill, AP 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. The ban was instituted after a gunman perched in a high-rise hotel … Read more

As a Matter of Fact, the Supreme Court Did Not Uphold the ATF’s Bump Stock Ban

October 13, 2022 by Grace Stevens

First, denying cert in a case is not a ruling on the merits of that case. The decision not to take a case is not an explicit endorsement of a lower court’s ruling. … Second, there is good reason in this instance why the Supreme Court may want to take a wait and see approach to how the … Read more