The ATF’s open letter reaffirms that the Reformation can only be classified as a standard “firearm” under the Gun Control Act and is completely exempt from the National Firearms Act.
Adamiak saw the ATF’s misdeeds firsthand when they offered him a plea deal. If he admitted that he knowingly and willfully possessed 25 machineguns, prosecutors would only recommend a seven-year prison sentence.
“The Trump DOJ’s scheme would gut nearly every lawsuit against the federal government unless and until the Supreme Court steps in,” said FPC President Brandon Combs.
You might think that in a deep red state like Florida with solid GOP supermajorities in both the House and Senate, undoing the damage done in the DO SOMETHING post-Parkland mania wouldn’t be that difficult. You’d be wrong.
Limiting the law to blocking the use of guns while a person is high effectively guts the statute that reduces gun violence, the Justice Department told the Supreme Court. They’re asking the Supreme Court to overturn an appeals court’s decision.
Guided by the Supreme Court’s holding in Bruen, the Court grants Plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment and concludes that the New York firearm statute is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment as applied to Plaintiffs Votruba and Harris.
If Jones can lose his company for speech deemed harmful, who is to say that a future lawsuit couldn’t target a gun rights group for “dangerous rhetoric” about the Second Amendment? The chilling effect here is undeniable.
Unfortunately for Adamiak, the ATF knows that the items that became evidence at his trial were not illegal, but since the prosecutors used them successfully, they will likely also be used as evidence during his appeal.
“The decision in Nguyen v. Bonta is both an unusual example of the Ninth Circuit unanimously striking down a gun restriction under the Second Amendment and, potentially, a sign of greater receptiveness to Supreme Court cues at the appellate level.”
What is noteworthy about this development is that it marks the first time a panel of this Court has invalidated a gun control measure under the Second Amendment without the full Court subsequently reversing or modifying the decision en banc.
