Federal appeals courts have come to different decisions about whether the regulation defining a bump stock as a machine gun comports with federal law.
The Trump administration’s ban on bump stocks was an about-face for the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
The full U.S. 5th Circuit ruled 13-3 in January that Congress would have to change federal law to ban bump stocks.
But a panel of three judges on the federal appeals court in Washington looked at the same language and came to a different conclusion.
As such, it is a machine gun under the National Firearms Act and Gun Control Act.”A decision is expected by early summer in Garland v. Cargill, 22-976.
Persons:
Biden, Trump, Obama, Jennifer Walker Elrod, Robert Wilkins
Organizations:
WASHINGTON, Supreme, Justice Department, U.S, Circuit, Trump, of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Explosives, Las, ATF, 5th Circuit, National Firearms Act, Control, U.S ., Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, Cargill
Locations:
Las Vegas, New Orleans, Washington, Garland