ATF Stripped of Power To Regulate Under The NFA & GCA With New Decision!!!
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, in Hardin v. ATF, ruled the ATF's bumpstock rule invalid, finding ambiguity in the National Firearms Act (NFA) definition of a machine gun. The court applied the Rule of Lenity, favoring the individual over the ATF due to statutory ambiguity. This decision contrasts with the Fifth Circuit's Cargill ruling, which found the NFA text clear in excluding bumpstocks.









