Utahn retrieves bump stock after over five years of court battles
Nov 6, 2024, 4:00 PM
Clark Aposhian gets his bump stock back on Nov. 6, 2024. (Adam Small/KSL NewsRadio)
(Adam Small/KSL NewsRadio)
TAYLORSVILLE, Utah — A Utah gun owner just got his bump stock back Wednesday morning after he was forced to turn it in over five years ago.
Clark Aposhian, the chairman of the Utah Shooting Sports Council, had to hand over his bump stock in 2019 after the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives classified the stock replacements as machine guns.
The ATF’s decision forced owners to either turn their bump stocks in or destroy them.
Aposhian sued the ATF and tried, unsuccessfully, to take his case to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Although SCOTUS opted not to hear his case, it did hear a similar one this summer. In June, SCOTUS ruled that ATF overstepped.
A few months later, a lower court ruling blocked ATF from enforcing the rule.
That meant Aposhian could get his bump stock back, which he was finally able to do Wednesday morning.
“I feel vindicated, as should everyone that has to do with the federal government,” he said.
Clark Aposhian’s bump stock on Nov. 6, 2024. (Adam Small/KSL NewsRadio)
Aposhian said his years-long fight was never about bump stocks, but rather, what he said was federal overreach.
“I’m glad that this has finally been put to an end.”
