“Every type of gun control law is now subject to this new re-evaluation. The appellate courts have been applying the wrong test. It’s a legal do-over on all Second Amendment challenges,” he said. “Practically every gun ban is subject to a new challenge and re-litigation even if it was upheld before.”
Many of us – including me – were very vocal that the bump stock ban was a slippery slope. At that time, many of us didn’t even know what a bump stock was. We were right. Thanks to President Trump’s SCOTUS appointees, America now has the opportunity to review this and other gun bans.
The Supreme Court’s landmark gun ruling this summer has given conservative states new ammunition against the Biden administration in a legal challenge over its ban on bump stocks.
It’s unclear whether the Second Amendment precedent laid out by the justices will extend to firearm accessories, including bump stocks, as lower courts grapple with renewed gun rights challenges.
“The Supreme Court has not yet drawn a line on exactly which firearm accessories or parts are protected by the Second Amendment. Perhaps it will,” said C.D. Michel, a California-based lawyer specializing in firearms.
