WASHINGTON, D.C. – -(Ammoland.com)- Gun Owners of America (GOA) filed a petition for Writ of Certiorari in the United States Supreme Court challenging the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms’ (ATF) 2008 reclassification of bump stocks as “machineguns.”
GOA has been in litigation with ATF since the day the ban was published and was able to win a victory in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, which was later overturned when the 16 judges on that circuit split evenly between GOA’s position and ATF’s position.
Erich Pratt, GOA’s Senior Vice President, commented, “If the ATF is allowed to twist federal law to unilaterally decree that a bump stock is a machine gun, then they can use this same logic to ban almost any semi-automatic firearm and undermine the constitutionally protected rights of Americans.” Pratt continued, “Given ATF’s notorious anti-gun agenda, the outcome of this case will determine if anti-gun bureaucrats can continue using executive fiat to turn law-abiding citizens into felons.”
GOA’s case challenged a 2018 Final Rule from the ATF, which reversed numerous longstanding ATF technical rulings and reinterpreted 26 U.S.C. §5845(b)’s definition of “machinegun” to criminalize the ownership of popular firearm accessories known as “bump stocks.”
GOA’s petition argues that the ATF circumvented Congress in its attempt to create new federal law.
GOA has argued in lower courts that the ATF’s overly broad definition of “machinegun” could be used to ban other legal firearms. The case comes as the ATF has two additional gun bans in the works – one banning homemade firearms, and the other banning pistol-braced firearms.
Joining GOA in its challenge is the Virginia Citizens Defense League, as well as three individuals, including Tim Harmsen of The Military Arms Channel.
The full text of the Petition can be found here.
GOA spokesmen are available for interviews. Gun Owners of America, and its sister organization Gun Owners Foundation, are nonprofits dedicated to protecting the right to keep and bear arms without compromise. For more information, visit GOA’s Press Center.
Gun Owners of America
Gun Owners of America has previously supported the right of members and staff to carry firearms on Capitol Hill for self-defense, as GOA supports the rights of all law-abiding citizens to carry firearms in their workplace. Gun Owners of America is a grassroots organization representing more than two million gun owners nationwide and is dedicated to protecting the right to keep and bear arms without compromise.
bumpstocks… Now form 1 kits. And coming this summer, 80% receivers, AR pistols, and all semiautomatic firearms. The dementia Biden aft is illegally changing laws, which were already unconstitutional infringements.
Pick a side and support it with all you’ve got.
Thank God GOA has kept up the Good Fight, unlike NRA.
You are correct, sir. They don’t.
Our so called government is organized crime at its finest time to take our country back
Actually they can to some extent.
Sadly most are not aware that federal agencies can do that for what falls under there purview.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_administrative_law#:~:text=U.S.%20federal%20agencies%20have%20the,specific%20areas%20of%20delegated%20power.
Bumpstocks ??????
Guess the Hughes add on to the 86 law that was passed illegally in committee and added to the bill at the last second does not warrant anything ??
It’s absolutely amusing how many pile on the nra for not having any action on this subject but completely ignore that GOA and SAF or any other organization have been quite and done nothing on this.
GOA and FPC are the 800lb gorillas in this fight to preserve liberty. Are you helping them? If not, why? And if not now, when?
They deserve all of our support.
Life is give and take the democrats and Rhinos only take never forget what their party did for 4 years while Trump was president. Now never forgive the democrats for this past year Biden must go. Those who voted for Biden follow me to the next gas station and fill up my tank. How stupid you were promised more free and the only thing you got for your votes was less freedom. Liberals and democrats mask up and move to Canada there is a dictator there that is calling your names.
Just be sure to pay your taxes for NO SERVICES RENDERED. Unless corruption & death are services you support. Without your funds I would be willing to guess they would find a new job soon enough. Or expose the deficit charade that exist.
Thank you, Trump! You preached Nationwide Reciprocity and you left us with a bumpstock ban.
Thank you so much Mr Trump.