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Bump Stock Ruling Highlights Appellate Dispute: Can Agencies Decide What Is a Crime?
…Will the Supreme Court take up that issue? The ATF declined to comment on Friday’s ruling, but Richard Samp of the New Civil Liberties Alliance, who won the 5th Circuit appeal for bump stock user Michael Cargill, said his side wouldn’t shy away from Supreme Court review, including on the question of whether Chevron applies…
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Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down ATF Rule Banning Rapid-fire Bump Stocks
…The plaintiff in the case, Texas gun shop owner and firearms instructor Michael Cargill, had surrendered two nonmechanical bump stocks after the new rule banned them. He was represented by the New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonprofit civil rights organization…
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U.S. Appeals Court Strikes Down Ban on Bump Stocks
…”The resulting circuit split should bring this decision to the U.S. Supreme Court’s attention promptly and supply a suitable vehicle for deciding this issue once and for all,” said Mark Chenoweth, the president of the New Civil Liberties Alliance, a conservative group that litigated the case…
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En Banc 5th Circ. Nixes Gun 'Bump Stock' Ban In Reversal
…The New Civil Liberties Alliance, which represents Cargill in the case, said in a statement Friday that it is pleased that a circuit court has recognized “that Congress must be the one to pass any bump stock ban.” “The resulting circuit split should bring this decision to the U.S. Supreme Court’s attention promptly and supply…
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