High Court Could Draw Line Between Administrative and Criminal Law in 2nd Amendment Decisions

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives flip flop on banning bump stocks has highlighted issues some have with the administrative state.

A man shows a bump stock installed on an AR-15 rifle at Blue Ridge Arsenal in Chantilly, Va., on Oct. 6, 2017. Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images

A lawyer who will argue the so-called “bump stock” case before the U.S. Supreme Court said there is much more at stake than a firearm accessory.

“This isn’t really a Second Amendment case,” Mark Chenoweth, an attorney with the New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA), told The Epoch Times. “This is an instance of an agency trying to do something without the authority of Congress.”