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Utah Gun Advocate Still Fighting to Overturn Federal Bump Stock Ban

SALT LAKE CITY — A federal ban on a plastic accessory that makes a semi-automatic weapon work like a machine gun remains at issue as a Utah gun enthusiast continues to press his case to overturn the rule. A lawyer for Clark Aposhian and a government attorney faced questions Wednesday from 11 judges on the…
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Utah Man’s Challenge to Bump Stock Ban Again Comes In Front of the 10th Circuit

A Utah man’s legal challenge to the federal ban on bump stocks was reheard by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday. Much of the discussion was about whether the The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives overstepped its authority when it defined bump stocks as machine guns in order to prohibit…
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Fate of Man’s Bump Stock Lies With En Banc 10th Circuit

(CN) — The last man in America to legally own a bump stock asked the en banc 10th Circuit on Wednesday to allow him to keep the device — which turns a firearm into a machine gun of sorts — until the federal lawsuit challenging the legality of the devices has been decided. W. Clark Aposhian,…
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Industry Heavyweights Back New York’s Fight Against Controversial Rent Laws

Housing groups and think tanks have filed legal documents supporting the owners of New York’s rent stabilized apartments in their fight against 2019 rent laws they believe are unconstitutional. The so-called amicus briefs back the Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP) and the Rent Stabilization Association in their federal lawsuit against the City of New York.…
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How Biden’s First Executive Orders Will Impact CRE

Newly inaugurated President Joe Biden signed 17 executive orders, memorandums and proclamations on Wednesday afternoon, aiming to set the direction of his administration as well as undo various policies of the previous one. Two will have particular ramifications in commercial real estate — the extension of the federal eviction moratorium and the U.S.’ re-entry into the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.…
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