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Notably, the Court held in the decision that “[s]emiautomatic
firearms, which require shooters to reengage the trigger for every
shot, are not machineguns.” And even Justice Sotomayor’s dissent
concedes that AR-15s and the like are “commonly available,
semiautomatic rifles.” This is directly relevant to FPC’s
massive strategic litigation campaign to eliminate bans on so-called
“assault weapons.” More information about these cases can be
found at FPCLegal.org.
“This decision helps reign in an out-of-control federal
government that has no respect for the People of the United States or
our rights,” said FPC President and FPCAF Chairman Brandon Combs.
“The President cannot change the law to fit his policy
preferences and the ATF cannot be turned into his personal
gestapo. We fought President Trump’s lawless and
unconstitutional actions from
day one. And the Supreme Court’s decision today
proves we were right all along.”
FPC and FPC Action Foundation filed the first challenge to
the bump stock ban in December 2018 in a lawsuit now styled Guedes
v. Garland, which made its way to the Supreme Court in 2019
on an emergency basis but was denied for
being in an interlocutory posture. Guedes is now pending
order of the Court on the merits (docket no. 22-1222)
where it is likely to be granted, reversed, and remanded
(“GVR’d”) following today’s decision. Importantly, the Court
recently agreed
to hear one of FPC’s cases in which it prevailed in the courts
below.
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