SCOTUS Rejects Bid To Block Bump Stock Ban

By Tom Knighton

It was the last ditch effort.

Pro-gun groups were doing everything they could to block implementation of the Trump administration’s bump stock ban. After exhausting efforts, they ended up before the Supreme Court. Among those groups was the Gun Owners of America. A press release sent yesterday:

GOA Requests Stay of Enforcement of Bump Stock Ban at SCOTUS

Springfield, VA – Gun Owners of America (GOA) has requested that the Supreme Court issue a stay of enforcement of the bump stock ban.

“We have been informed by the Court that the government has been asked to respond by 4pm today,” Erich Pratt, executive director of GOA said. “Then we will have an opportunity to respond. We are hoping for a decision soon.”

“GOA opposes this ban for several reasons. First, the ban represents an arbitrary and illegal reversal by a federal agency which for years has ruled bump stocks to be legal firearm accessories. Federal law is clear and does not apply to bump stocks.

“Second, the regulation as written endangers the legality of semi-automatic rifles, as the ATF’s new regulations open the door to further legal manipulation to ban these common rifles in the future.

“Finally, the ban violates the Constitution’s Takings Clause, forcing …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms