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First bump stock prosecution under Trump edict backfires in Houston
« on: November 19, 2020, 12:53:31 pm »
Houston Chronicle by  Gabrielle Banks Nov. 17, 2020

The first case testing a Trump administration edict outlawing bump stocks failed during a brief federal bench trial in Tuesday in Houston.

A federal prosecutor withdrew the unique charge before the trial began for a Houston man accused of owning the device. However, the defense was prepared to call an ATF expert to testify that bump stocks, attachments that cause a rifle to fire more rapidly, do not render a semiautomatic gun a machine gun.

Senior U.S. District Judge Gray H. Miller convicted Ajay Dhingra, 44, on three remaining counts that he lied when he purchased a handgun, rifle and ammunition, and illegally possessed a weapon as a person who had been committed for mental illness.

More: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/crime/article/First-bump-stock-prosecution-under-Trump-edict-15734194.php
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Re: First bump stock prosecution under Trump edict backfires in Houston
« Reply #1 on: November 19, 2020, 11:57:37 pm »
They withdrew before they gave pro 2A folks precedent in future bumpstock cases.
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Re: First bump stock prosecution under Trump edict backfires in Houston
« Reply #2 on: November 20, 2020, 03:13:12 am »
Quote from: txradioguy on November 19, 2020, 11:57:37 pm
They withdrew before they gave pro 2A folks precedent in future bumpstock cases.

They also withdrew because they had him dead to rights on more serious crimes, it appears.
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Re: First bump stock prosecution under Trump edict backfires in Houston
« Reply #3 on: November 20, 2020, 08:04:55 am »
Quote from: txradioguy on November 19, 2020, 11:57:37 pm
They withdrew before they gave pro 2A folks precedent in future bumpstock cases.

@txradioguy

I understand the "preserve freedom" thing,but I will never understand why anyone who knows anything about shooting would even want a bump stock weapon.

I honestly have a hard time thinking of a firearms modification or accessory more useless.
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