Gun company sues US over bump stock ban, claiming $20M in losses

[babylonsister]

I don't understand why they think they deserve to be reimbursed. Throwing spaghetti, hoping something will stick?


https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/438066-gun-company-sues-us-over-bump-stock-ban-claiming-20-million-in

Gun company sues US over bump stock ban, claiming $20M in losses
By Avery Anapol - 04/09/19 01:49 PM EDT


A Texas gun company is suing the U.S. government over the newly enacted ban on “bump stocks,” claiming that it has cost $20 million in losses.

RW Arms, Ltd. announced the federal lawsuit Monday after filing it late last month.

The company, which touts itself as the nation’s largest supplier of bump stocks, claims the government enacted the ban on the devices “without just compensation … in violation of the 5th Amendment of the United States Constitution.”

RW Arms, which filed the lawsuit with Minnesota retailer Modern Sportsman, says it destroyed over 73,000 bump stocks in compliance with the ban, and is seeking fair market value compensation for the losses, according to the release.

Michael Stewart, co-founder of RW Arms, called the ban “an injustice, overreach, and infringement on our 2nd Amendment and 5th Amendment rights."

"Without legislation, the government was able to overturn the previous ruling on bump stocks, effectively turning law abiding gun owners into felons overnight if they were not turned in or destroyed,” he said on Facebook.

The bump stock ban, which President Trump’s Justice Department issued in December in response to multiple mass shootings in recent years, went into effect last month.


The Supreme Court last week rejected a bid from gun rights groups to temporarily delay the ban on the devices, which can be attached to firearms to make them fire more rapidly. They were used in the 2017 Las Vegas shooting, which was the deadliest shooting in U.S. history.

[ScratchCat]

1. A Few things:

1) I guess we should expect the gun nuts to sit out the 2020 election since Trump violated their rights, right? RIGHT!?!?

2) There is no way the company had 73,000 bump stocks with a cost of $20 million in inventory.

3) That'd be almost $275 each on average. They didn't cost anywhere near that much.

4) This isn't eminent domain. There is no taking and no "just compensation due". Good god.

[gratuitous]

2. No problem, RW Arms, Ltd.

Here's $20 million to compensate you for the loss of your lethal product. Now, let's talk about what compensation is due to the families of the 58 dead from the Las Vegas shooting, as well as compensation for the wounded and the survivors. You wanna just endorse that check back to us, and we'll call it a down payment on what you owe to the victims of your product?

[DFW]

5. That was my thought exactly

If they get compensation for perceived losses, it is only right that they compensate survivors for the consequences of the effects of their products being used as intended. That should leave them in debt for the next five centuries.

[Hoyt]

3. Make gun profiteers suffer for the harm they caused, that's alright by me.

[NNYCDN51]

4. Poor babies ............

Keep On Thinking Free

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

6. Boohoo

[customerserviceguy]

7. They probably like their chances in court

Given the makeup of the current SCOTUS, they might have something there.

[dsc]

8. How is this different from the manufacturer of bath salts suing when those were made illegal

I do see any difference at all.

[snort]

9. Ohh, look, they've discovered another Amendment.