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I hope they go after the unconstitutional agency known as the "ATF" next.

That's exactly what this may do. The ATF in theory can't just up and decide what to ban without congress making a law. Turning law abiding citizens into felons overnight. Bumpstock ban? That's gone in theory. FRT trigger? Braces? ATF is going to quickly realize they can't just make shit up on the fly if it's not a law.

Or Congress could pass legislation granting ATF authority to determine what constitutes a machine gun under the National Firearms Act.

A machine gun is already defined as something that fires multiple times with a single trigger pull. Not sure what you’re saying?

To be clear: I’m not advocating anything, just stating that Congress could choose to delegate that authority as a result of the ruling.

I'm just not sure what you're saying even still. Under the NFA it's already a law on the books. Moving mountains to pass something that's already law.

In light of Bruen and this one, maybe.

But based on Egbert and Vega, there's now precedent for federal agents to perform warrantless raids, seizures, and arrests, without reading Miranda warnings, with no legal consequences.

Considering that the ATF has incancerated over 1000 people over fake crimes[1], they should.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATF_fictional_sting_operations

Or the DEA, CIA, NSA and other criminal cabals.

Hoping this ruling will help with that

SC rules on cases that are appealed. They can’t “go after” anyone on their own.

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