LAKEWOOD, Colo. (June 14, 2024) — Mountain States’ Center to Keep & Bear Arms applauds the decision by the Supreme Court to uphold the Second Amendment, and the will of the people over that of unelected bureaucrats. In Cargill v. Garland the ATF, in clear defiance of Congress’ authority, attempted to turn millions of law-abiding Americans into criminals for owning bump stocks. The irony is that for nearly a decade, the ATF repeatedly made it clear that bump stocks were NOT machine guns before suddenly changing course in 2017 and criminalizing possession of them. The ATF issued this new regulation of bump stocks on its own, even though a similar ban had already failed to pass in Congress.
Today the Supreme Court has reigned in the ATF once again, reprimanding them for attempting to change the law without congressional approval. Congress makes the laws and decides what is in the best interest of the people. As an agency of the Executive Branch, it is the ATF’s role to execute those laws not rewrite them. When it comes to the Second Amendment protected rights of Americans however, the ATF has repeatedly attempted to rewrite the rules. They continually try to operate outside the bounds of the authority Congress has granted them. Today the Supreme Court put the ATF back in its place and held that the Second Amendment rights of the people cannot be abridged by anti-gun unelected bureaucrats.
The Center to Keep & Bear Arms is thrilled with this Supreme Court decision and the reigning in of the ATF’s authority. Today is a victory for Americans, for the Second Amendment and for the rule of law. The CKBA is proud to have been involved in this case through an amicus brief and we celebrate this Second Amendment victory!