This is precisely what happened with the redefining of bump stocks as "machine guns". Previously approved by the ATF, then made illegal. No compensation to owners, and (using the ATF's definition) the largest gun confiscation in U.S. history. SCOTUS effectively endorsed this confiscation by refusing to hear the case.crazy2medic wrote: ↑Wed Oct 07, 2020 7:21 am How do they square the fact they approved the arm braces, then after thousands are in circulation to suddenly ban them? I Know it's the GOVT but they makes 0 sense!
Does the term arbitrary and Capricious come to mind?
I've long held that our rights mentioned in 2nd Amendment need the same level of protection as other rights that are mentioned in the Constitution. The easiest example is the right to vote. Can you imagine what would happen if Trump ordered an Executive agency to arbitrarily rescind the right to vote of 300,000+ citizens. I'd imagine that SCOTUS would, at a minimum, want to hear that case.
Note I say "mentioned" because these rights WERE NOT granted by government in any way. Rather, these are rights that we chose to retain for ourselves when we decided to form the government that we currently have.