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Cooke: The Fifth Circuit Stopped an Unconstitutional Power Grab by the ATF

As anyone who has considered this issue for more than ten minutes will ineluctably comprehend, the entire purpose of writing laws down is to guarantee that, until those laws are changed by legislators, they remain in effect regardless…

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5th Circuit: The Statutory Definition of ‘Machinegun’ Does Not Apply to Bump Stocks

Since the National Firearms Act of 1934, federal law has heavily regulated machineguns. Indeed, as proposed, that law was known to many as “the Anti-Machine Gun Bill.” The possession or transfer of a machinegun was…


5th Circuit Court of Appeals Strikes Down Trump Bump Stock Ban

By Kevin McGill, AP A Trump administration ban on bump stocks — devices that enable a shooter to rapidly fire multiple rounds from semi-automatic weapons after an initial trigger pull — was struck down Friday…