Duke Law Podcast | Supreme Court overturns bump stock ban #supremecourt #gunrights #secondamendment

In the wake of a 2017 mass shooting at a concert in Las Vegas, the Trump administration passed a regulation to ban bump stocks – a device that enables a semiautomatic rifle to fire rounds much like a machine gun. Last week, the conservative-majority Court struck down that ban, stating the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives overstepped its authority in classifying bump stocks as machine guns.

In this episode of the Duke Law Podcast, the Duke Center for Firearms Law unpacks the Court’s ruling and discusses whether it offers insights into how the justices might approach future Second Amendment and gun rights cases

Speakers:
- Duke Law Professor Joseph Blocher
- Duke Center for Firearms Law Co-founder Darrell A.H. Miller*
- Duke Center for Firearms Law Exec. Director Andrew Willinger

*𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸π˜ͺ𝘯𝘨 𝘡𝘩π˜ͺ𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘀𝘰𝘳π˜₯π˜ͺ𝘯𝘨, π˜—π˜³π˜°π˜§. π˜”π˜ͺ𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘡 𝘰𝘯 𝘡𝘰 𝘡𝘦𝘒𝘀𝘩 𝘒𝘡 𝘡𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯π˜ͺ𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴π˜ͺ𝘡𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘩π˜ͺ𝘀𝘒𝘨𝘰 π˜“π˜’π˜Έ 𝘚𝘀𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭.

Timestamps:
0:00:00 Introduction
0:01:38 Background on bump stocks and ATF regulation
0:03:36 Garland v. Cargill's path to Supreme Court
0:05:48 Where ruling falls in 2A and gun rights debates
0:08:25 Local action by cities and states
0:10:30 Is it about bump stocks or ATF overstepping?
0:13:18 Significance of Court's 6-3 ruling
0:14:56 An instance of firearm exceptionalism?

View transcript - https://duke.is/9/342p

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