Garland v. Cargill (602 U.S. 406)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided June 14, 2024 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 602 U.S. 406 · 144 S. Ct. 1613
- Decided
- June 14, 2024
- Term
- October Term 2023
- Vote
- 6–3
- Majority author
- Justice Thomas
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Outcome
- Petitioning party lost
- Ideological direction
- Conservative
Opinion excerpt
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2023 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U. S. 321 , 337. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus GARLAND, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ET AL. v. CARGILL CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 22–976. Argued February 28, 2024—Decided June 14, 2024 The National Firearms Act of 1934 defines a “machinegun” as “any weapon which shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger.” 26 U. S. C. §5845 (b). With a ma- chinegun, a shooter can fire multiple times, or even continuously, by engaging the trigger only once. This capability distinguishes a ma- chinegun from a semiautomatic firearm. With a semiautomatic fire- arm, the shooter can fire only one time by engaging the trigger. Using a technique called bump firing, shooters can fire semiautomatic fire- arms at rates approaching those of some machineguns. A shooter who bump fires a rifle uses the firearm’s recoil to help rapidly manipulate the…
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