We’ve reported in the last week that federal judges in both the Tenth and DC Circuits have issued temporary stays of the ATF’s bump stock ban which is due to take effect tomorrow. Those stays, however, only applied to the named plaintiffs in those two suits.
Today, the DC Circuit expanded the universe of those covered by the stay to “current bona fide members of Firearms Policy Foundation.”
ALERT! DC Circuit has issued a new Order saying that “stay [of #bumpstockban] applies” to “any current bona fide members” of @gunpolicyfdn & named orgs. Join FPF @ https://t.co/W0cwAYiDnp / https://t.co/CHNhJErTNE Docs/updates @ https://t.co/5fiBtn73Bq (thread) #appellatetwitter pic.twitter.com/I73EaV8jGf
— Firearms Policy Coalition (@gunpolicy) March 25, 2019
We talked to Brandon Combs, president of the Firearms Policy Foundation who had this to say . . .
The D.C. Circuit’s order today in our ongoing bumpstock litigation makes it clear that the Circuit Court’s current administrative stay of the ATF bumpstock ban Final Rule applies to current bona fide members of Firearms Policy Foundation. We have already filed an emergency stay application with Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts. All further developments will be posted at BumpstockCase.com.
ALERT: Appellants in @gunpolicyfdn‘s Guedes et al. case have filed an emergency stay application with #SCOTUS Circuit and Chief Justice John Roberts. Docs @ https://t.co/5fiBtn73Bq pic.twitter.com/uzHlsj0C5t
— Firearms Policy Coalition (@gunpolicy) March 25, 2019
UPDATE: The Gun Owners of America report that the Sixth Circuit (Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee) has denied their petition for a stay. This has no bearing on the rulings in the Tenth and DC Circuits.
Just a few minutes ago, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals denied GOA’s petition for a stay. GOA is immediately appealing to the Supreme Court. Stay tuned… pic.twitter.com/0POBpXVDLm
— GOA (@GunOwners) March 25, 2019