US EditionAlito: Congress can act on bump stocks after Supreme Court lifts Trump-era ban
- The Supreme Court overturned a ban on bump stocks, a device that allows semi-automatic guns to fire rapidly, with a 6-3 majority decision.
- Justice Samuel Alito advised Congress to modify gun laws to prohibit bump stocks.
- Alito, appointed by George W. Bush, emphasized the need for legislative action to address bump stock regulation.
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US Supreme Court strikes down Trump-era ban on gun bump stocks
The US Supreme Court has struck down a ban on bump stocks, the rapid-fire gun accessory used in the deadliest mass shooting in America. The ban was enacted after bump stocks were used during a mass shooting in 2017 when a gunman in Las Vegas had opened fire on a country music festival killing a total of 60 people and leaving around 400 others wounded.
It was a devastating massacre: In October 2017, a gunman in Las Vegas used rapid-fire pistons, so-called bump stocks, and killed 58 people in a very short time. After that, the rapid-fire pistons were banned - now the Supreme Court is reversing this.
Supreme Court Strikes Down Bump Stock Ban for Firearms in Major Win for Second Amendment Advocates - The Michigan Star
by Charlotte Hazard The Supreme Court on Friday struck down a federal rule put in place during former President Donald Trump’s administration that prohibited bump stocks for guns, handing a major victory to Second Amendment advocates. In a 6-3, ruling, the court ruled the devices added to semiautomatic weapons to make them fire faster does not convert weapons into prohibited machine guns. “This case asks whether a bump stock—an accessory for a…
Supreme Court Strikes Down Ban on Rapid-Fire Bump Stocks
The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down a Trump-era regulation that effectively banned bump stocks, aftermarket accessories that make semiautomatic rifles fire more like machine guns. The devices were used in the deadliest mass shooting in American history. The justices split along ideological lines. A majority of six found that the definition of machine gun […]
Supreme Court throws out Trump ‘bump stock’ ban
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court threw out a Trump-era rule that banned so-called “bump stocks” that allow rifles to mimic automatic fire, finding the government overstepped its authority when it relied on a federal law that applies to machine guns.
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