GOP senator blocks Democratic bill to ban bump stocks after Supreme Court ruling

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A Republican senator blocked a Democratic-led attempt to pass legislation Tuesday that would have restored a Trump-era ban on bump stocks.

Washington — A Republican senator blocked a Democratic-led attempt to pass legislation Tuesday that would have restored a Trump-era ban on bump stocks, an accessory that enables semi-automatic weapons to shoot at a very rapid pace, after last week's Supreme Court decision striking down the ban. Sen.

'Are my Republican colleagues serious? Do they really think banning bump stocks is some kind of stunt?' he said. 'Again, they should tell that to the people of Nevada who have dead relatives because of bump stocks.'One Republican, Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, signed on as a co-sponsor of the bump stock legislation.

 

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