Bump-Stock Ban held invalid under recent Supreme Court precedent

A challenge to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ ban on bump stocks has been bolstered by two recent U.S. Supreme Court opinions, a federal circuit said, overturning a previous ruling that upheld the ban.

The bump-stock rule “was an invalid exercise of ATF’s regulatory authority,” Judge Jill N. Parrish of the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah ruled Tuesday, granting the plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment. Parrish relied on Supreme Court decisions from 2024 in Garland v. Cargill— alleging that ATF exceeded its statutory authority in issuing the stockpile ban — and Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo— stating that…