Divided Ohio Supreme Court kicks out groups suit on bump stocks
A divided Ohio Supreme Court dismissed a challenge to a Columbus city ordinance banning bump stocks, spring-loaded gadgets that can turn rifles into rapid-fire assault weapons, ruling that two Ohio gun-rights groups had no standing to sue the city.
The 4-3 decision released Friday morning found that Ohioans for Concealed Carry and Buckeye Firearms Foundation had suffered no harm in a case the justices heard despite that the Columbus City Council had repealed its ordinance a year ago, telling the court that made the case moot.
The city s repeal of the ban came just weeks after the Supreme Court, also on a 4-3 decision, agreed to hear the case late last year.