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Garland v. Cargill, 602 U.S. 406 (2024), was a United States Supreme Court case regarding the classification of bump stocks as "machine guns" under the National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA) by the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) in 2018.
The ATF had concluded that, instead of using the braces to steady a weapon, they were being used and promoted as stocks, allowing gun owners to shoulder-fire pistols as is they were rifles.
Bump stocks or bump fire stocks are gun stocks that can be used to assist in bump firing, the act of using the recoil of a semi-automatic firearm to fire cartridges in rapid succession. The legality of bump stocks in the United States came under question [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] following the 2017 Las Vegas shooting , in which 60 people were killed ...
The anatomy of a gunstock on a Ruger 10/22 semi-automatic rifle with Fajen thumbhole silhouette stock. 1) butt, 2) forend, 3) comb, 4) heel, 5) toe, 6) grip, 7) thumbhole A gunstock or often simply stock, the back portion of which is also known as a shoulder stock, a buttstock, or simply a butt, is a part of a long gun that provides structural support, to which the barrel, action, and firing ...
A U.S. regulation restricting ownership of gun accessories known as pistol braces is likely illegal, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday, a victory for a gun rights group challenging the rule. A ...
Supreme Court to hear case on banning 'bump stocks' that can transform a semiautomatic rifle into one that shoots hundreds of bullets per minute. Supreme Court agrees to rule on whether ATF can ...
The legal dispute in United States v.Thompson-Center Arms Company arose when officials from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms contacted Thompson Center Arms informing them that the kit of the Contender Pistol that included a stock and a 16-inch (410 mm) barrel constituted a short-barreled rifle under the National Firearms Act.
Letters from our readers: The U.S. Supreme Court's bump stock ruling takes the nation backwards in any attempts to curb gun violence.