Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Friday condemned a 6-3 Supreme Court ruling overturning the Trump-era ban on bump stocks, which allow semi-automatic guns to fire like machine guns, and called on Congress to pass legislation to counter the decision.



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Las Vegas shooting survivors alarmed at US Supreme Court's strike down of ban on rifle bump stocks

It says the government does not have the right to ban the accessories, which were used in America's deadliest mass shooting.

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US Supreme Court lifts ban on gun bump stocks

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down a ban on bump stocks, the gun accessory used in the deadliest shooting in modern American history — a Las Vegas massacre that killed 60 people and injured hundreds more.The court's conservative majority said Friday that then-President Donald Trump's administration overstepped its authority with the...

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By JESSE BEDYAN and SCOTT SONNER
Associated Press/Report for America The U.S. Supreme Court Friday struck down a ban on the rapid-fire rifle bump stock used by the gunman who rattled off over 1,000 bullets in 11 minutes in Las Vegas in 2017. Some of those who survived the shooting or lost loved ones said they were alarmed and fear future attacks with the device. The Trump-era ban on bump stocks was nixed in a 6-3 majority opinion. Bump stocks al…

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By JESSE BEDAYN and SCOTT SONNER
Associated Press/Report for America The U.S. Supreme Court Friday struck down a ban on the rapid-fire rifle bump stock used by the gunman who rattled off over 1,000 bullets in 11 minutes in Las Vegas in 2017. Some of those who survived the shooting or lost loved ones said they were alarmed and fear future attacks with the device. The Trump-era ban on bump stocks was nixed in a 6-3 majority opinion. Bump stocks al…

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New York leaders blasted a US Supreme Court decision Friday that reversed a ban on bump stocks, the devices favored by mass shooters that effectively turn semiautomatic weapons into machine guns.

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he plans to bring up a vote on restoring the bump stock ban under unanimous consent, which could be halted by opposition from just a single lawmaker.

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Schumer to bring up vote on gun bump stocks ban after Supreme Court decision

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Friday condemned a 6-3 Supreme Court ruling overturning the Trump-era ban on bump stocks, which allow semi-automatic guns to fire like machine guns, and called on Congress to pass legislation to counter the decision. “The far-right Supreme Court continues their unprecedented assault on public safety by reversing the commonsense guidance…

Schumer calls for bill to ban bump stocks after Supreme Court ruling

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WASHINGTON—Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on June 14 called for legislation to outlaw bump stocks after the Supreme Court struck down a President Donald Trump-era ban on the gun accessory.
A 6–3 opinion by the high court found that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) exceeded its authority when it interpreted a federal firearms statute to outlaw the use of bump stocks. Bump stocks are attached to the but…

Schumer calls for bill to ban bump stocks after Supreme Court ruling

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