{"id":3456,"date":"2024-06-18T01:54:32","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T01:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=3456"},"modified":"2024-06-18T01:54:32","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T01:54:32","slug":"federal-bump-stock-ruling-doesnt-eliminate-state-bans-on-same-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=3456","title":{"rendered":"Federal Bump Stock Ruling Doesn&#8217;t Eliminate State Bans on Same Products"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Michael-Cargill-e1709042610469.png\" data-caption=\"Michael Cargill of Central Texas Gun Works has challenged the ATF's bump stock ban.\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"440\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Michael-Cargill-696x440.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Michael-Cargill-696x440.png 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Michael-Cargill-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Michael-Cargill-700x443.png 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Michael-Cargill-768x486.png 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Michael-Cargill-1536x972.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Michael-Cargill-150x95.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Michael-Cargill-1068x676.png 1068w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Michael-Cargill-664x420.png 664w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Michael-Cargill-560x354.png 560w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Michael-Cargill-e1709042610469.png 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" alt=\"\" title=\"Michael Cargill\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Cargill of Central Texas Gun Works has challenged the ATF&#8217;s bump stock ban.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ryan Katz is an attorney with Florida law firm <a href=\"https:\/\/thefirearmfirm.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Katz &amp; Phillips<\/a> also known as the Firearm Firm, one of the leading gun law and gun rights supporting law firms in the country. As his firm works to keep gun owners, particularly Florida gun owners, informed of changes to laws, so that hopefully, they don\u2019t necessarily need to become clients, Katz penned a <a href=\"https:\/\/thefirearmfirm.com\/supreme-court-strikes-down-federal-bump-stock-ban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blog post<\/a> immediately following last week\u2019s striking down of the bump stock ban by the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>In his article, Katz, son of David Katz, who with James Phillips, founded the firm, makes an excellent point that all gun owners should heed: While this is a huge win for 2A advocates across the country, state laws can still restrict bump stocks for some gun owners depending on where they live. In fact, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/worldpopulationreview.com\/state-rankings\/bump-stock-legality-by-state\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World Population Review<\/a>, 14 states and the District of Columbia currently have bump stock bans on the books, including Florida. The other states are Vermont, New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Minnesota, Washington, Nevada, California and Hawaii.<\/p>\n<p>Following is Katz\u2019s article:<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-paragraph-padding-2\">\n<p><em>On June 14, 2024, the United States Supreme Court struck down ATF\u2019s ban on bump stocks. As with many of ATF\u2019s rules, the Supreme Court found that the ATF was misapplying and unlawfully expanding the powers that the law grants them to regulate certain firearms. For those who are not aware, a shooter can bump fire a semi-automatic weapon to fire it far faster, typically using the recoil of the firearm in a way which allows the trigger to be pulled very quickly while the shooter maintains constant pressure with their finger. Certain accessories exist which make this technique of firing a semi-automatic weapon easier to do. It is these accessories which the ATF made illegal to own by categorizing them as machineguns or machinegun parts. The Supreme Court found that these accessories absolutely do not convert your weapon into a machine gun, and the ATF therefore cannot prohibit them under their authority to regulate machineguns. The Supreme Court\u2019s full opinion can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/23pdf\/22-976_e29g.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Bump-Fire Stocks are Still Illegal to Possess in Florida<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Before diving into the Supreme Court\u2019s decision and how it affects Federal law, it is important to note that <strong>bump stocks are still illegal under Florida law<\/strong>. The Supreme Court\u2019s decision has struck down the ATF\u2019s rule regarding bump stocks. However, the decision does nothing to effect actual laws written about bump stocks, including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leg.state.fl.us\/statutes\/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&amp;URL=0700-0799\/0790\/Sections\/0790.222.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida Statute \u00a7 790.222<\/a>, which is titled simply, \u201cBump-fire Stocks Prohibited.\u201d This law defines bump-fire stocks as, \u201ca conversion kit, a tool, an accessory, or a device used to alter the rate of fire of a firearm to mimic automatic weapon fire or which is <strong>used to increase the rate of fire to a faster rate than is possible for a person to fire such semiautomatic firearm unassisted<\/strong> by a kit, a tool, an accessory, or a device.\u201d\u00a0 To learn more about Florida\u2019s bump stock law, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefirearmfirm.com\/florida-bump-stock-ban-and-the-new-federal-bump-stock-ban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/thefirearmfirm.com\/aftermarket-triggers-and-florida-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a> to learn about everything covered by Florida\u2019s bump stock ban (much more than bump stocks).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Case Background<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The case that this issue arose from was Garland v. Cargill. Michael Cargill was one of thousands of Americans who surrendered bump stocks to the ATF when the ATF first criminalized them. He filed a law suit challenging the ATF\u2019s new and arbitrary rule. The Supreme Court of the United States heard argument earlier this year, and on June 14, 2024, made their final ruling. The decision was made 6-3, with Justice Clarence Thomas writing the opinion for the majority. Justice Thomas is the same Justice who wrote the majority opinion in the 2022 landmark gun rights case, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/thefirearmfirm.com\/ny-carry-law-unconstitutional-huge-win-for-2a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NYSRPA v. Bruen<\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Bump Stocks are Not Machineguns<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The ATF put forward several arguments to try to persuade the Supreme Court that they were correct in categorizing bump stock accessories as machineguns. The most important thing to know is the Supreme Court\u2019s actual ruling, which is that \u201c<strong>ATF exceeded its statutory authority by issuing a Rule that classifies bump stocks as machineguns.<\/strong>\u201d The Court gave several reasons for its decision.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>First and most simply, the Court found that a semiautomatic rifle equipped with a bump stock cannot fire more than one shot \u201cby a single function of the trigger.\u201d Although bump firing allow the shooter to fire more quickly, the trigger is pulled one time for every one bullet fired. The ATF argued that the shooter is maintaining constant pressure, rather than physically moving their finger to pull the trigger for each shot. The Court found that moving one\u2019s finger in this way is not what the statute described. Rather, to qualify the bump stocks as machineguns, the ATF would have to show multiple shots per function of the trigger itself.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Court went on to state that while a rifle with a bump stock could not fire more than one shot per function of the trigger, \u201ceven if it could, it would not do so automatically.\u201d To fire a rifle with a bump stock, additional forward pressure is required by the shooter with their non-trigger hand. The statutory definition of machinegun is very clear in saying that a machinegun fires multiple rounds per trigger pull \u201cautomatically.\u201d While this definition of course includes holding the trigger down as part of this \u201csingle function of the trigger,\u201d it absolutely does not include the requirement to use additional force with your other hand. To quote the Court, \u201cthe statutory definition of a \u2018machinegun\u2019 does not include a firearm that shoots more than one round \u2018automatically\u2019 by a single pull of the trigger AND THEN SOME.\u201d The ATF\u2019s argument could not succeed because it fundamentally misunderstood or miscategorized how machineguns work and how bump stocks work.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The ATF made a final desperate argument to try to have their unlawful rule upheld by making an argument typically referred to as \u201cthe presumption against ineffectiveness.\u201d This presumption essentially means that judges should not interpret a statute in a way that renders it useless or makes it very easy to elude. The majority found that their interpretation of the machinegun statute absolutely does not render the statute meaningless or ineffective. The ATF is still allowed to regulate machineguns. \u201cA law is not useless merely because it draws a line more narrowly than one of its conceivable statutory purposes might suggest . . . \u00a7 5845(b) still regulates all traditional machineguns.\u201d Simply put, the majority stated that the regulation of actual machineguns is still valid and enforceable, and the fact that bump stocks allow non-machineguns to be fired more quickly absolutely does not prevent the enforcement of regulations about real machineguns.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Another Second Amendment Victory<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/23pdf\/22-976_e29g.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Garland v. Cargill<\/a><em> marks another in a series of recent wins for Second Amendment advocates. Unlawful ATF rules have been suspended or struck down far more regularly in recent years. With any luck and with the continued vigilance of gun rights advocates all around the country, we can certainly expect many more.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/federal-bump-stock-ruling-doesnt-eliminate-state-bans-on-same-products\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Cargill of Central Texas Gun Works has challenged the ATF&#8217;s bump stock ban. Next Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6 Ryan Katz is an attorney with Florida law firm Katz &amp; Phillips also known as the Firearm Firm, one of the leading gun law and gun rights supporting law firms in the country. 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