- 12 years in the United States Army
- 2011 – Owner/Founder: Central Texas Gun Works
- Central Texas Gun Works was the first business in Texas to have a completely solar powered sign
- Frequent guest and subject matter expert
- 2014 – Host of Come And Talk It – Radio Show – Podcast
- 2016 – Exc. Director Texans for Accountable Government (TAG)
About Michael Cargill
Michael Cargill is a Texas gun store owner, Army veteran and radio host whose name is attached to a major firearms ruling of the 2020s. After 12 years in the U.S. Army, he founded Central Texas Gun Works in 2011 and became a familiar voice on gun rights through his Come And Talk It program and his work with Texans for Accountable Government. When the ATF issued its 2018 rule reclassifying bump stocks as “machineguns” and requiring owners to destroy or surrender them, Cargill surrendered his two bump stocks under protest and then sued, arguing that the agency had exceeded its authority under federal law.
A federal district court ruled for the ATF after a bench trial, and a Fifth Circuit panel initially agreed, but the full Fifth Circuit reversed on rehearing en banc. On June 14, 2024, the Supreme Court affirmed in Garland v. Cargill. Writing for a 6-3 majority, Justice Clarence Thomas held that a semiautomatic rifle fitted with a bump stock is not a machinegun because it still requires a separate function of the trigger for each shot. The decision ended the federal ban created by the ATF’s rule, though some states have their own bump stock laws.
Key Facts
- 2011: Founded Central Texas Gun Works
- 2018: ATF bump stock rule takes effect; Cargill surrenders his devices under protest and sues
- Fifth Circuit en banc: Rules for Cargill, reversing the district court
- June 14, 2024: Supreme Court affirms 6-3 in Garland v. Cargill
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- Michael Cargill on Cargill v. Garland, Daily Gun Show Daily Gun Show.com
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