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Originally Posted by txdot-guy
A technical ruling that complies with the letter of the law but not the spirit of the law...
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exactly.
And all of the supreme court decisions are the same.
As much as folks state that some of the Supremes' decision are "political" decisions, this one is clear. Machine guns are defined by law.
And, Bump stock as a machine gun modification was defined by an govt agency ruling that changed its definition, and was not law. This is the issue, and the only issue.
This simply throws the definition back to the legislative branch where laws are actually made.
Key to this issue, which encompasses most issues that end up with the Supreme 9 is that laws must be passed by the legislative branch. The Supremes' only job is to apply existing law to whatever issue. They do not modify, they are not wishful, etc.
One of the key things that the Supremes do is to specifically call out excising law, usually badly written, so that the legislative process can consider a rewrite. Specifically note that the Supremes can not rewrite anything.