Guedes v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · No. 19-5042; C/w 19-5044 · 920 F.3d 1
👎Unfavorable to gun rights
Denial of a preliminary injunction affirmed, leaving the rule that bans bump stocks in effect.
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What the court held
After the 2017 Las Vegas shooting, ATF promulgated a notice-and-comment rule classifying bump-stock devices as machineguns under the National Firearms Act, and bump-stock owners and advocacy groups sued to stop the rule from taking effect. The D.C. Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of a preliminary injunction, leaving the Bump-Stock Rule in force. Judge Henderson dissented in part, concluding the rule expanded the statutory definition of machinegun because a bump-stock-equipped rifle still fires one round per function of the trigger, and would have granted preliminary relief.
Summarized from the court's opinion.
What this case is about
ATF rule classifying bump stocks as machineguns under the National Firearms Act
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Key Dates
- 2019-04-01 — Decided
Sources
- CourtListener — retrieved 2026-08-08
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