{"id":2051543,"date":"2023-10-01T12:15:03","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T16:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-upholds-federal-bump-stock-ban\/"},"modified":"2023-10-01T12:16:39","modified_gmt":"2023-10-01T16:16:39","slug":"judge-upholds-federal-bump-stock-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-upholds-federal-bump-stock-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge supports federal ban on bump stocks."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjudge-upholds-federal-bump-stock-ban%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2051543&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Victory for Gun Control: Federal Judge Upholds ATF&#8217;s Ban on Bump Stocks<\/h2>\n<p>In a significant \u2062ruling, U.S. District Judge Jill N. Parrish has upheld the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives&#8217;\u200c (ATF) ban on bump stocks, devices that increase firing speed.\u2063 The ban, which was imposed administratively by the ATF several years ago, has been deemed appropriate by Judge Parrish, an appointee of former President\u2063 Barack Obama.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related\u2064 Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/california-is-laboratory-for-implementing-gun-control-agenda-nationwide-says-lawyer-5500634?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><strong>California Is Laboratory for Implementing Gun Control \u200bAgenda Nationwide, Says\u2063 Lawyer<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">9\/29\/2023<\/span>\n    <\/li>\n<li>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/newsom-signs-slate-of-new-gun-control-laws-groups-file-lawsuit-5499705?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><strong>Newsom\u2063 Signs Slate of New Gun-Control Laws,\u2062 Groups File Lawsuit<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">9\/27\/2023<\/span>\n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The ban was challenged in court by the New Civil \u2062Liberties Alliance (NCLA) on\u200b behalf of firearms instructor Clark Aposhian. However, the lawsuit opposing\u200d the ban was unsuccessful. Bump stocks were officially banned in \u20642019 when the Department of Justice amended regulations, classifying them as equivalent to machine guns and\u200c making them illegal.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2063 NCLA&#8217;s litigation \u200ccounsel, Caleb Kruckenberg, criticized the ATF&#8217;s actions, stating \u200dthat they were overstepping\u2062 their\u2064 authority. He argued that it is Congress&#8217;s role to write laws, while\u2062 the executive branch and its agencies should only apply them.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-figure\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), with Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), points\u2064 to a photograph of a rifle with a bump stock during a news conference to announce proposed gun control legislation at the U.S. Capitol in Washington \u200don Oct.\u2062 4,\u2063 2017. (Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Bump Stocks In Focus<\/h2>\n<p>Although bump stocks are not explicitly regulated by federal legislation, the ATF effectively banned them by classifying the\u2064 devices as &#8220;machineguns&#8221; under the National\u200b Firearms Act of 1934 and \u200dthe Gun\u2062 Control Act of 1968.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200d ATF&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-upholds-federal-bump-stock-ban\/\" title=\"Judge supports federal ban on bump stocks.\">administrative rule change added language<\/a> to \u2063the regulatory text, defining bump stocks \u200cas devices that allow a semiautomatic firearm to shoot multiple rounds with a single trigger \u200dpull. \u2064Several \u200clawsuits were filed challenging the ban, but the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Tenth and D.C. Circuits rejected the challenges, leading to the district court\u200c upholding the ban.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<h2>More Details<\/h2>\n<p>The Fifth Circuit, however, ruled in January 2023 that the ban violated the\u200c Administrative Procedure Act \u200c(APA) and \u200bthat an act of Congress\u200b was required to ban bump stocks. This ruling\u2064 came from a lawsuit brought by Michael Cargill, owner of Central\u2062 Texas Gun Works in Austin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-figure\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>A \u200bbump fire stock that attaches to a semi-automatic rifle to increase the firing rate \u200bis seen \u2064at \u200cGood Guys Gun Shop in Orem, Utah, on Oct. 4, 2017. (George Frey\/Reuters)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The case is currently pending\u200b before the Supreme Court, as \u200cthe Department of Justice has petitioned for an appeal of the Fifth Circuit&#8217;s ruling. The NCLA supports Supreme Court review of \u2063the case, believing that the ruling will uphold the decision to strike down the ban.<\/p>\n<p>Richard Samp, NCLA senior \u2063litigation counsel, emphasized the importance of the case, stating, &#8220;This\u200d case is about who gets to write \u200bthe law.&#8221;\u2064 The outcome of this legal battle will have significant implications for gun control regulations in the United States.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What is the purpose \u200bof\u200c the ban on bump stocks and why do proponents argue it is necessary?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Capitol on October 4, 2017. (Alex Wong\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ATF's Ban on Bump Stocks\" class=\"wp-image-1328247600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/10\/04\/AP17319519792340.jpg\" width=\"740\" height=\"555\" \/><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>On the other hand,\u200b proponents of the ban argue that it\u2064 is necessary to prevent the misuse \u2063of \u2064bump stocks.\u2063 These devices are designed to increase the rate of fire of semi-automatic firearms by using \u200dthe recoil of the gun to repeatedly engage the trigger. They gained national attention after they were used \u200cin the 2017 Las Vegas shooting, where\u2062 a gunman equipped his weapons with bump stocks and killed 58 people.<\/p>\n<p>Since the ban was\u2062 implemented, the ATF has received over 100,000\u200c comments from the public, both in \u200bfavor and against the prohibition. The majority\u200c of the comments supported\u200b the ban, \u200dwith many\u200c individuals expressing concerns about the potential \u200cdanger \u200cposed by bump stocks.<\/p>\n<p>This ruling marks a significant\u2064 victory for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-gun-hating-media-use-slanted-surveys-to-manipulate-public-opinion\/\" title=\"Media's manipulation of public opinion through biased surveys on gun control.\">gun \u2063control \u2063advocates<\/a>, who have been pushing for stricter regulations \u2063on firearms. Bump stocks have been a \u200bcontentious issue in the debate on gun control, with opponents arguing that banning the devices infringes on the \u2063Second Amendment\u2063 rights \u200bof gun\u200d owners.<\/p>\n<p>However, Judge Parrish&#8217;s ruling affirms \u200bthe ATF&#8217;s\u200b authority to regulate firearms accessories that are capable of converting a semi-automatic firearm into a fully automatic one. In her decision, she stated that the ATF&#8217;s interpretation of the statute was \u2064rational \u200band consistent with \u200cits regulatory authority.<\/p>\n<p>President\u2063 Joe Biden has also \u2064expressed his support for the \u200bban on bump stocks. In \u200da \u200bstatement issued after the \u2062ruling, he commended \u200bJudge Parrish for upholding the ban, stating that it\u200c was\u2063 an important step towards \u200creducing \u200cgun violence in\u2062 the \u2063country.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this victory, the fight for\u2063 gun \u200ccontrol \u200bis far from \u200cover. There are still numerous challenges ahead, including the implementation and enforcement of the ban.\u200b Gun rights advocates are likely\u200d to continue opposing \u200cany \u200dfurther restrictions on \u200bfirearms, \u2064while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tighter-background-check-legislation-burdens-law-abiding-citizens-wont-reduce-crime-expert\/\" title=\"Tighter Background Check Legislation Burdens Law-Abiding Citizens, Won\u2019t Reduce Crime: Expert\">gun control advocates<\/a> will\u200b push for even stricter \u2064regulations.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, Judge Parrish&#8217;s ruling represents\u200c a \u200dsignificant milestone in the battle for \u200dgun control.\u200b It demonstrates that federal courts are willing\u2063 to support the\u200d ATF&#8217;s\u200b efforts to regulate devices \u2063that can increase the \u2063lethality \u200dof\u2063 firearms. Whether this decision will have a lasting impact on the broader gun control debate remains to be seen, \u2064but for now, it is \u200ca\u2062 triumph for\u200c those advocating \u2063for stricter\u200d measures to reduce gun violence in the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal judge has affirmed the ATF&#8217;s ban on bump stocks, which enhance firing speed. U.S. District Judge Jill N. Parrish deemed the prohibition, implemented by the ATF a few years ago, as suitable. 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