Judge denies Utah man’s attempt to block bump stock ban
Mar 18, 2019, 2:25 PM | Updated: Oct 3, 2022, 3:38 pm
OREM, UT - FEBRUARY 21: A bump stock is installed on an AK-47 at Good Guys Gun and Range on February 21, 2018 in Orem, Utah. The bump stock is a device when installed allows a semi-automatic to fire at a rapid rate much like a fully automatic gun. (Photo by George Frey/Getty Images)
(Photo by George Frey/Getty Images)
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (AP) — A federal judge has denied a Utah gun rights advocate’s attempt to block the Trump administration’s ban on bump stocks, the gun attachment that allows semi-automatic weapons to fire like machine guns.
The Salt Lake Tribune reports U.S. District Judge Jill Parrish declined last Friday to grant an injunction against the regulation that gives gun owners until next week to turn in or destroy the devices.
Utah Shooting Sports Council chairman Clark Aposhian filed a lawsuit in January after the administration reclassified the devices to make them illegal under federal laws that prohibit machine guns.
Aposhian argued the ban is unconstitutional, asking the court to pause it until his suit is resolved.
Parrish found that Aposhian did not show a “substantial likelihood of success” on the merits of his suit.
