The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) exceeded its statutory authority when it purported to ban bump stocks by classifying them as machine guns. Although the Court's decision in Garland v. Cargill does not involve the Second Amendment, it upholds the rule of law and the separation of powers by striking a blow against bureaucratic attempts to impose new gun controls without congressional approval. The bump stock ban is one of several such attempts, two of which faced judicial setbacks shortly before the Supreme Court's bump stock ruling.
"This decision helps [rein] in an out-of-control federal government that has no respect for the People of the United States or our rights," said Brandon Combs, president of the Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC). "The President cannot change the law to fit his policy preferences."
