“The minority opinion was simply “a lot of people died this one time. Society mandates that we do something”. Except Bruen already said interest balancing tests have no place when it comes to rights.”

It was much more than that, an argument they have been making is that semi-auto, magazine-fed firearms aren’t very common, and therefore not protected by the 2A, so they can simply be banned.

Yes, this was a *serious* tactical error on their part that they can’t walk simply back, it’s now black-letter law etched in stone, and they did it all on their own… 🙂

The ATF reversed a decades-old “approval”, which was sought by a company in good-faith (just like pistol-braces). The majority opinion held that is clearly “illegal” and provided appropriate relief (striking down the reinterpreted rule). They went further to say that the original ATF opinion was correct according to the statute. They also provided the process for legally altering the statute (although it’s key that if the statute were changed, there likely would be 2A challenges that resulted).

The minority opinion was simply “a lot of people died this one time. Society mandates that we do something”. Except Bruen already said interest balancing tests have no place when it comes to rights.