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Garland v. Cargill

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Ruling in Garland v. Cargill, on June 14, 2024, the majority opinion declared that “A semiautomatic rifle equipped with a bump stock is not a ‘machinegun’ as defined by §5845(b) because: (1) it cannot fire more than one shot “by a single function of the trigger” and (2) even if it could, it would not do so ‘automatically.'”

The question presented was:

“[W]hether a bump stock transforms a semiautomatic rifle into a ‘machinegun,’ as defined by §5845(b).”

The opinion

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