that Durbin framed the bump stock ban as a way of responding to the Supreme Court’s June 14, 2024, decision which struck down the ATF’s bump stock ban.that the SCOTUS majority opinion in the bump stock case was written by Justice Clarence Thomas, who pointed out that the ATF’s attempt to stretch the definition of machineguns to include bump stocks was a non-starter:
Semiautomatic firearms, which require shooters to reengage the trigger for every shot, are not machineguns. This case asks whether a bump stock—an accessory for a semi-automatic rifle that allows the shooter to rapidly reengage the trigger —converts the rifle into a ‘machinegun.’ We hold that it does not…video from the Judiciary Committee hearing, in which Durbin pointed to the October 1, 2017, Las Vegas shooting in hopes of justifying his push to ban bump stocks.