The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a bump stock does not transform a firearm into an automatic weapon, striking down a federal rule that banned bump stocks. In a 6-3 decision, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote, 'Congress has long restricted access to ''machinegun,'' a category of firearms defined by the ability to 'shoot, automatically more than one shot . . . by a single function of the trigger.
It really goes back to … freedom,' Cargill said in an interview with Fox News Digital. 'And it goes back to just the basics of something that my customers and myself legally purchase. The government should not have that power, that authority in an administrative agency … to come back and ban that. You know, something that Congress has not banned.
As the shooter applies forward thrust on the barrel, the device harnesses the recoil energy so that the trigger will 'bump' against the stationary finger, which then allows another round to be fired. The effect is more rapid shots than with a standard stock. The ATF says more than a half-million bump stocks were in circulation when the federal ban came into effect five years ago, requiring them to be turned in or destroyed.