ATF Admits it lacked authority for Bump-stock ban

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/atf-a...172200417.html


?The bump stock rule made it a new federal crime to own a bump stock, even one purchased with ATF?s prior permission. ATF knows it didn?t have the authority to enact such a law. Instead of defending the rule, ATF now pretends the ban is just a recommendation for the public. NCLA is confident the court will see through ATF?s games and strike down this invalid rule.? ?Caleb Kruckenberg, Litigation Counsel


?ATF is caught between a rock and a hard place. The agency lacks legal authority to issue a so-called legislative rule, but a mere interpretive rule is not legally allowed to bind any third parties outside the government. By ordering half a million bump stock owners to surrender their devices?or face prosecution?ATF has acted in a completely unconstitutional fashion. It is high time for the federal courts to put a stop to this regulatory nonsense.?
?Mark Chenoweth, Executive Director and General Counsel

I'm sure they'll reimburse those that had to turn over/destroy their property from this, right? [Sarcasm2]

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I'm sure they'll reimburse those that had to turn over/destroy their property from this, right? [Sarcasm2]

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All six of the people who did? Plus the companies, I guess.

Are you suggesting that the American populace may be defiant to it's government?

#Resist

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This is why we need a like button.

Looks like a guy in Houston is the first to be charged with this felony.
It’s one of 4 he is being charged with.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nyt...harge.amp.html

Stupid NYT...blocked again.

Different source: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news...ban-after-bus/