RW Arms Sues Government Over Destruction Of Bump Stocks
BY Herschel Smith
5 years, 7 months ago
(Matthew Adams, Dallas Morning News) RW Arms, a Fort-Worth, Texas, firearms dealer, has filed a federal lawsuit seeking damages after destroying 72,400 bump stocks to comply with a Trump administration order that took effect March 26, the company announced Monday.
The company filed the case under the Fifth Amendment taking clause, which prohibits the government from seizing property.
RW Arms destroyed the bump stocks on March 26, resulting in its losing millions of dollars, the company said.
When I saw the headline over news search I immediately thought “They must have done this under an illegal taking.” Sure enough they did.
It’s the only way they can show standing, and it applies. They should win in a just world. The world isn’t just, and neither is the U.S. government. Sorry to say, I predict a loss.
This is Trump’s bump stock ban. It belongs to him. He owns it. We can call it by it’s proper name forever. 550,000 bump stock owners = 550,000 voters. Grok that, Trump.
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On April 10, 2019 at 5:50 am, MN Steel said:
Timeline: 2 to 18 months
You don’t have enough food, ammo, nor friends…
On April 10, 2019 at 6:40 am, CW Buff said:
I respectfully correct your statement, “550,000 bump stock owners = 550,000 voters.” I do not own a bump stock but I take ANY infringement on 2nd Amendment guaranteed rights very seriously. So just on my account, make that “550,001 voters.”
CW Buff out…..
On April 10, 2019 at 6:44 am, CW Buff said:
And one more thing… Trump and the NRA can put their support of “take the guns first”/red flag gun confiscation laws where the sun will never shine on them.
CW Buff out again….. maybe….
On April 10, 2019 at 7:50 am, Fred said:
I hope they don’t win. I don’t want the bump stock ban to become a taking. It will set the stage for a mandatory national gun buyback under takings.
On April 10, 2019 at 8:30 am, Ned said:
Ditto CW Buff.
On April 10, 2019 at 11:55 am, Michael (from Utah) said:
They’ll lose because of sovereign immunity. It’s rare that you can sue the government and even get into court, let alone win.