by mason.riggs | Jan 28, 2021 | In the News
The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver heard oral arguments on Wednesday in a case challenging the federal government’s ban on bump stocks. The lawsuit involves complex-sounding legal principles like the Chevron doctrine and the rule of lenity, but the plaintiff...
by mason.riggs | Jan 28, 2021 | In the News
SALT LAKE CITY — A federal ban on a plastic accessory that makes a semi-automatic weapon work like a machine gun remains at issue as a Utah gun enthusiast continues to press his case to overturn the rule. A lawyer for Clark Aposhian and a government attorney faced...
by mason.riggs | Jan 27, 2021 | In the News
A Utah man’s legal challenge to the federal ban on bump stocks was reheard by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday. Much of the discussion was about whether the The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives overstepped its authority when it...
by mason.riggs | Jan 27, 2021 | In the News
(CN) — The last man in America to legally own a bump stock asked the en banc 10th Circuit on Wednesday to allow him to keep the device — which turns a firearm into a machine gun of sorts — until the federal lawsuit challenging the legality of the devices has been...
by mason.riggs | Jan 27, 2021 | In the News
Housing groups and think tanks have filed legal documents supporting the owners of New York’s rent stabilized apartments in their fight against 2019 rent laws they believe are unconstitutional. The so-called amicus briefs back the Community Housing Improvement Program...