jay_chi

Here's what a good reporter could say:

Former President Trump. You signed the bill that made bump stocks illegal, but the Supreme Court that you had a significant part in crafting appears to have disagreed and has overturned that.

Were you wrong to ban bump stocks or did the Supreme Court betray you?

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@jay_chi um, which bill would that be? ruling was on an ATF finding that Bump stocks fit the legal definition of machine gun under the 1968 statute. The opinion expressly says Congress may pass a new statute to ban bump stocks if they choose.

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@antares @jay_chi
This one? reuters.com/article/idUSKCN1R9

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volkris

@hittitezombie, to @antares ‘s point, that’s not a bill.

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@volkris @antares there was an executive order signed by him, right?

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volkris

@hittitezombie correct, and the order was illegal because Congress had never passed a bill granting authority for such an order.

That there was no bill giving legal authority is the whole issue.

@antares

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@volkris @antares So you have no problem Trump signing something, and then being quite happy that beng quashed, and he should never be questioned about this?

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@hittitezombie what? I’m pointing out that Trump committed an illegal action by signing his order.

I’m emphasizing how problematic his order was.

I don’t know how you read that as my having no problem with it.

@antares

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