In a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court ruled Friday that a federal ban on bump stocks, gun accessories that allow semiautomatic rifles to fire more quickly, is unlawful. A bump stock is a firearm ...
The push to ban bump stocks followed the deadly mass shootings in Las Vegas in October 2017 and Parkland, Florida in February. Pro-gun advocates have said they are prepared to fight the rule in court.
Fitting a bump stock to a rifle lets it fire hundreds of bullets per minute - akin to a machine gun The US Supreme Court has lifted a ban on bump stocks, the rapid-fire gun accessory used in ...
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“A bump stock does not convert a semiautomatic rifle into a machine gun any more than a shooter with a lightning-fast trigger finger does," Justice Clarence Thomas wrote for the conservative majority.
Michael Cargill, owner of Central Texas Gun Works, sued over the ban. The U.S. Supreme Court sided with him in a 6-3 decision Friday. Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote ...
The U.S. Supreme Court recently lifted a federal ban on bump stocks, a type of gun attachment allowing rifles and other semi-automatic weapons to rapid-fire rounds of ammunition. The Bureau of Alcohol ...
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to strike down a ban on bump stocks, the gun attachments that enable semiautomatic weapons to fire rapidly like a machine gun, could open the door to more lethal ...