If suppressors are NOT firearms, they have no place on the NFA.
Only three days after disgraced Biden holdover and acting U.S. Attorney Michael Simpson argued in front of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals that suppressors are not arms protected by the Second Amendment and that the defense’s request for an en banc hearing in United States v. George Peterson be denied, the Department of Justice has sent Simpson back with his tail between his legs to request a 30-day delay in the court’s ruling so the government may “further consider its position.”
It has been a great last couple of days for Pam Bondi’s Justice Department, getting on board the Second Amendment advocacy train by opening up rights restoration for the first time since 1992, hiring Second Amendment scholar and advocate Robert Leider as Assistant Director and Chief Counsel for the ATF, and having a proverbial movement in acting U.S. Attorney Michael Simpson’s morning cereal. Oh, to be a fly on the wall the moment he was ordered back to the 5th Circuit in what looks like the beginning of a turd sandwich this loser may have to swallow.
To be clear, Simpson has been with the DOJ since the George W. Bush administration and was made First Assistant U.S. Attorney in 2018 during President Trump’s initial term, only to fall into the acting U.S. Attorney seat on February 25 of this year. So, while the argument can be made that he is not technically a Biden holdover, I invoke the “if it walks like a duck” defense.
By Darwin Nercesian
