{"id":2325613,"date":"2024-08-16T11:02:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T15:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-orders-atf-to-return-last-legal-bump-stock-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-16T11:03:19","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T15:03:19","slug":"judge-orders-atf-to-return-last-legal-bump-stock-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-orders-atf-to-return-last-legal-bump-stock-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge orders ATF to return last \u2018legal\u2019 bump stock &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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-orders-atf-to-return-last-legal-bump-stock-washington-examiner%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=2325613&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--><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-supreme-court-to-decide-on-hearing-suit-declaring-all-male-draft-discriminatory\/\" title=\"Report: Supreme Court to Decide on Hearing Suit Declaring All-Male Draft Discriminatory\">federal district court judge<\/a> has ordered the Bureau \u2063of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives \u200b(ATF) to\u2064 return the last &#8220;legal&#8221; bump stock to its owner, Clark Aposhian,\u2062 following \u200da\u2063 Supreme Court ruling\u200c that invalidated the ATF&#8217;s ban on \u2062such devices. Aposhian, a resident of Utah, \u2064had\u200b previously surrendered his bump stock to \u2063the \u2064ATF with the understanding that he would receive it back if \u200che won his legal case against the agency. This ruling effectively\u2064 establishes Aposhian&#8217;s\u2062 bump stock as the only legal device of its\u200c kind \u200din the U.S., as the ATF has mandated the destruction or \u200bsurrender of\u200c others. Aposhian plans \u2062to retrieve the bump stock \u2064from the ATF&#8217;s office \u2062in Salt Lake\u200d City this month.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Judge orders ATF to return last &lsquo;legal&rsquo; bump stock<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1678754\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The last &ldquo;legal&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3045214\/supreme-court-strikes-down-ban-on-bump-stocks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>bump stock<\/a> is set to be given back to the owner this month after the Biden administration lost on its latest gun control effort.<\/p>\n<p>A federal district court judge, reacting to a Supreme Court decision knocking down a ban on the device from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, <a href=\"https:\/\/nclalegal.org\/filing\/judgement-of-the-u-s-district-court-for-the-district-of-utah\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>ordered it returned<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/nclalegal.org\/opinion\/commentary-atf-ruling-leaves-utah-with-the-last-bump-stock-standing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Clark Aposhian<\/a>, the Utah resident who took on the agency and won.<\/p>\n<p>Sheng Li, the litigation counsel for <a href=\"https:\/\/nclalegal.org\/case\/aposhian-v-garland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>New Civil Liberties Alliance<\/a>, which brought the case for Aposhian, said their client voluntarily gave his bump stock up to ATF with the stipulation that he would get it back if he won the case to overturn the ban.<\/p>\n<p>That technically means it is the last &ldquo;legal&rdquo; device in America since ATF had required others to be destroyed or surrendered.<\/p>\n<p>He plans to go to ATF&rsquo;s office in Salt Lake City and retrieve it this month.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bump Stock Ban Oversteps Congress Bounds\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NfGftyvxqbw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;This is kind of symbolic,&rdquo; Li said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEE THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS AND BUZZ FROM WASHINGTON SECRETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They won their case when the Supreme Court agreed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-whitmer-media-caught-in-another-lie-anarchist-arrested-for-plot-to-kidnap-and-kill-whitmer-hates-president-trump-trump-is-a-tyrant-video\/\" title=\"Gov. Whitmer, Media Caught in Another Lie - Anarchist Arrested For Plot to Kidnap and Kill Whitmer Hates President Trump, &#039;Trump is a Tyrant&#039; (VIDEO)\">federal agencies<\/a> can&rsquo;t make up laws and rules that Congress should write. The case has implications for other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gun-rights-group-blasts-biden-for-forthcoming-tyrannical-gun-orders-well-spare-no-expense-to-defeat-you\/\" title=\"Gun Rights Group Blasts Biden For Forthcoming \u2018Tyrannical\u2019 Gun Orders: We\u2019ll \u2018Spare No Expense\u2019 To Defeat You\">gun control actions<\/a> by President Joe Biden&rsquo;s ATF, such as the ban on &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/second-court-crushes-bidens-assault-on-ar-style-pistols-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Second court crushes Biden\u2019s assault on AR-style pistols - Washington Examiner\">pistol braces&#038;rdquo<\/a>; on AR-style rifles.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If self-government means anything, it must mean that only our elected officials can write criminal laws. Mr. Aposhian&rsquo;s original appeal to the 10th Circuit, and his subsequent trip to the Supreme Court, illustrated the multiple problems with <em>Chevron<\/em> deference, and his case likely helped convince the justices that doctrine needed to die, even though they denied certiorari. But the main takeaway from Mr. Aposhian&rsquo;s willingness to take a stand for his civil liberties is that bureaucrats at the ATF and other federal agencies are not empowered to write or reinterpret rules that take away more freedom. That&rsquo;s why this is a glorious victory for all liberty-loving people,&rdquo; said Mark Chenoweth, president of NCLA.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1678754\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1678754\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A judge has instructed the ATF to return the final &#8220;legal&#8221; bump stock to its owner this month, following a setback for the Biden administration in its gun control initiatives. The ruling came after a federal district court judge responded to a Supreme Court decision that overturned the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives&#8217; ban on the device. Clark Aposhian, a resident of Utah who challenged the agency and prevailed, will receive his bump stock back as part of an agreement he made when he voluntarily surrendered it to the ATF; he stipulated that it would be returned if he won his case against the ban. This means it is now considered the last &#8220;legal&#8221; bump stock in America since other devices were mandated by ATF to be destroyed or handed over. Aposhian plans to retrieve it from the ATF office in Salt Lake City this month.<\/p>\n<p>Sheng Li, litigation counsel for New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA), which represented Aposhian, noted that their victory underscores that federal agencies cannot create laws or regulations that should be established by Congress. This case could have broader implications for other gun control measures implemented by President Joe Biden&#8217;s ATF, including restrictions on &#8220;pistol braces&#8221; for AR-style rifles. Mark Chenoweth, president of NCLA, emphasized that self-governance requires elected officials alone to draft criminal laws and highlighted how Aposhian&#8217;s legal battle illustrated significant issues with Chevron deference\u2014a principle allowing agencies some leeway in interpreting laws\u2014which may have influenced justices even though they declined to hear his appeal directly. Ultimately, Chenoweth described this outcome as a significant win for advocates of liberty against bureaucratic overreach by agencies like the ATF<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2647,"featured_media":2325614,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Bump-Stock-ATF-scaled-1024x682.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[13859,38337,15337,36794,32209],"class_list":["post-2325613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-atf","tag-bump-stock","tag-gun-rights","tag-legal-ruling","tag-second-amendment"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Bump-Stock-ATF-scaled-1024x682.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2325613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2325613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2325613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2325614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2325613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2325613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2325613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}