Epoch Times: A U.S. military court ruled that bump stocks, or devices that can increase the rate of fire in some semi-automatic firearms, are not machine guns despite the federal government in 2018 having issued the rule.
The U.S. Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals on Sept. 9, in the case of U.S. v. Ali Alkazahg, said that the 2018 order that “directed the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives [ATF] to issue a new interpretation of a rule—that contradicted the ATF’s previous interpretation—governing legislation from the 1930s.”
“This Executive-Branch change in statutory interpretation aimed to outlaw bump stocks prospectively, without a change in existing statutes,” the court ruled, suggesting that the ATF bypassed Congress by creating a law when only Congress has that power under the Constitution.
In the case, Akazahg, a Marine Corps private, was convicted of possessing two machine guns, which were actually bump stocks, in violation of Articles 83, 107, and 134 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Lawyers for the Marine argued that bump stocks didn’t meet the definition of machine guns.
The court ultimately agreed with Akazahg’s lawyers, issuing a unanimous ruling. more
It was a joint services ruling by Captain Obvious and Admiral Apparent.
Bump stocks are dumb, but they’re not machine guns. They’re toys.
Bump stocks are for wasting ammo. Having said that if you want one you should be able to own one.
They are a novelty more than anything.
A guy at work told me I could do the same thing by hooking the thumb of my trigger hand through my belt loop and pulling the rifle forward (with finger on the trigger, of course).
Didn’t try because I’m not interested.
izlamo delenda est …
NEITHER ARE PISTOL BRACES!
A marine with a machine gun.. oh noes
If a bump stock is a machine gun, then so is my trigger finger.
^^^ and my middle finger…