Reminder: SCOTUS on Bump Stocks...Hopefully not a worry, but they sure do pick the cases...

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/will-the-supreme-court-uphold-a-ban-on-bump-stocks/ar-BB1j7Mn1
How will the Supreme Court rule on bump stocks?

During oral arguments Wednesday, the Supreme Court appeared divided over the bump stock ban, although not along the typical conservative-liberal dividing line.

The three more liberal justices all appeared supportive of the ban, and so did, at various points, a few of the more conservative justices.

“Justice Clarence Thomas noted that the statute was initially passed because of the lethality of machine guns. Behind the latest ban, he said, is the ‘notion that the bump stock does the exact same thing.’ Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. asked (Cargill’s attorney) if he could imagine a legislator thinking Congress should ban machine guns but not bump stocks,” The Washington Post reported.

Some conservative justices expressed concern about what will happen if the court upholds the ban. Attorneys for the Biden administration said people who currently own bump stocks could be held criminally liable even if they didn’t realize the ban was in place, SCOTUSblog reported.

Several justices shared concerns about gun violence during Wednesday’s arguments, but some added that such concerns don’t change the court’s duty to properly interpret the law.

The Supreme Court’s ruling in the bump stock case is expected by the end of June.