Bump Stock Case Is Not About Firearms: Attorneys
If you believe the lifting of the ATF’s bump stock ban by the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals is a Second Amendment question, you are mistaken, said the lead attorney for plaintiff Michael Cargill of Texas.
“This case doesn’t raise any Second Amendment issues,” Richard Samp of the New Civil Liberties Alliance and lead counsel on the lawsuit against the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), told the Epoch Times.
“The decision [handed down Jan. 6] could have broad applications beyond just one issue with the ATF.”
In 2019, Cargill sued the ATF over its bump stock ban. Cargill claimed the ban was an unconstitutional usurpation of Congress’ legislative powers by the U.S. Department of Justice and the ATF at the direction of then-President Donald Trump. Cargill’s claim is based on the fact that the ATF had publicly stated on several occasions that the bump stock was not something it regulated….