HomePoliticsFEDS: TURN IN YOUR BUMP STOCK OR FACE 10 YRS IN PRISON! ATF REFUSES TO COMPENSATE OWNERS Politics FEDS: TURN IN YOUR BUMP STOCK OR FACE 10 YRS IN PRISON! March 25, 2019 Rob Lauer Political Reporter In 2010, President Obama’s ATF approved the manufacturing and sale of a firearm accessory known as the bump stock. After the Las Vegas Mass Shooting in 2017, the federal government reversed themselves and declared bump stocks an illegal modification under the 1986 Firearm Owners Protection act which banned all new automatic firearms. Gun owners were given 90 days to turn in or destroy them, and that period ends tomorrow on Tuesday. The Department of Justice issued the destroy or turnover rule. The ATF issued a how to guide: to cutting, crushing, melting or shredding them. But the device cost between $100 and $250 each. The Federal government is refusing to compensate owners for their private property. According to the ATF website: Will current possessors of bump-stock-type devices be compensated once they destroy or abandon the device? The U.S. Department of Justice will not provide compensation to persons who destroy or abandon their bump-stock-type devices. Lawyer Adam Riley has filed a class-action lawsuit against the Federal Government(as reported in The Daily Caller) “The Federal Government does not have a police power in the sense that individual states do. The states can regulate and legislate for the health, safety, morals, and general welfare. The ATF based its new rule on the Akins case, and it asserts that it does not have to pay compensation because that case held that the Federal Government had the right to change the classification of property pursuant to the Federal Government’s police power. But, it is clear the federal government does not have a police power, which is reserved for the states under the 10th Amendment. Indeed, this is one of the most commonly tested parts of constitutional law on the Bar exam.” “This is the first time in history that the government has banned a previously legal item and has not allowed someone to either keep the item or provide compensation for the item, as is required under the Constitution,” Riley concluded. The ATF could be looking at upto $200 million in liable. If you have a bumpstock and want to join the lawsuit click here: https://flintlaw.com/adam-riley.html
The U.S. Department of Justice will not provide compensation to persons who destroy or abandon their bump-stock-type devices. Lawyer Adam Riley has filed a class-action lawsuit against the Federal Government(as reported in The Daily Caller) “The Federal Government does not have a police power in the sense that individual states do. The states can regulate and legislate for the health, safety, morals, and general welfare. The ATF based its new rule on the Akins case, and it asserts that it does not have to pay compensation because that case held that the Federal Government had the right to change the classification of property pursuant to the Federal Government’s police power. But, it is clear the federal government does not have a police power, which is reserved for the states under the 10th Amendment. Indeed, this is one of the most commonly tested parts of constitutional law on the Bar exam.” “This is the first time in history that the government has banned a previously legal item and has not allowed someone to either keep the item or provide compensation for the item, as is required under the Constitution,” Riley concluded. The ATF could be looking at upto $200 million in liable. If you have a bumpstock and want to join the lawsuit click here: https://flintlaw.com/adam-riley.html
