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Garland v. Cargill
United States Supreme Court
Key Holding
A semi-automatic rifle equipped with a bump stock is not a "machine gun" as defined by federal law; the ATF's bump stock ban exceeded its statutory authority.
Case Summary
Garland v. Cargill held that the ATF's regulation banning bump stocks — which allow semi-automatic rifles to fire at rates similar to machine guns — exceeded the agency's statutory authority because bump-stock-equipped rifles do not meet the federal statutory definition of "machine gun."
Primary Source: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-976_9okb.pdf