Merrick Garland vs Michael Cargill - Bump Stock case - US Supreme Court

On March 26, 2019, every American who owned a bump stock, a rifle accessory that facilitates rapid firing, was suddenly guilty of a federal felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison. That did not happen because a new law took effect; it happened because federal regulators reinterpreted an existing law to mean something they had long said it did not mean.

Michael Cargill, owner of Central Texas Gun Works, surrendered his bump stocks but also went to federal court, seeking to have the rule thrown out.

JACOB SULLUM is a senior editor at Reason.

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