by helen.taylor@ncla.legal | Jan 9, 2023 | In the News
…Will the Supreme Court take up that issue? The ATF declined to comment on Friday’s ruling, but Richard Samp of the New Civil Liberties Alliance, who won the 5th Circuit appeal for bump stock user Michael Cargill, said his side wouldn’t shy away from Supreme...
by helen.taylor@ncla.legal | Jan 9, 2023 | In the News
…The plaintiff in the case, Texas gun shop owner and firearms instructor Michael Cargill, had surrendered two nonmechanical bump stocks after the new rule banned them. He was represented by the New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonprofit civil rights...
by helen.taylor@ncla.legal | Jan 9, 2023 | In the News
…”The resulting circuit split should bring this decision to the U.S. Supreme Court’s attention promptly and supply a suitable vehicle for deciding this issue once and for all,” said Mark Chenoweth, the president of the New Civil Liberties...
by judy.pino@ncla.legal | Jan 6, 2023 | Press Releases
Washington, DC (January 6, 2023) – The full Fifth Circuit bench ruled today that a bump stock does not fall within the definition of “machinegun” as set forth in federal law. Thus, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) lacked the statutory...
by helen.taylor@ncla.legal | Jan 6, 2023 | In the News
…The New Civil Liberties Alliance, which represents Cargill in the case, said in a statement Friday that it is pleased that a circuit court has recognized “that Congress must be the one to pass any bump stock ban.” “The resulting circuit split...
