Critics Fundamentally Misconstrue the Supreme Court’s Bump Stock Ruling: The Case Hinged on the ATF’s Statutory Authority, Not the Second Amendment
After the Supreme Court overturned the Trump administration’s bump stock ban last week, critics complained that the justices had interpreted the Second Amendment in a way that rules out perfectly reasonable gun regulations. That was an odd complaint, because the case did not involve the Second Amendment.
The Court’s decision upheld an important principle that goes far beyond gun control: Federal…