Supreme Court strikes down Trump-era ban on bump stocks, gun accessories used in 2017 massacre

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The Supreme Court has struck down a Trump-era ban on bump stocks, a gun accessory that allows semi-automatic weapons to fire rapidly like machine guns.

Did Travis Scott perform in Houston Thursday night? If so, it was his first time on stage here since Astroworld TragedyBusinessFILE - A bump stock is displayed in Harrisonburg, Va., on March 15, 2019. the Trump administration did not follow federal law when it reversed course and banned bump stocks after a gunman in Las Vegas attacked a country music festival with assault rifles in 2017.

The arguments in the bump stock case, though, were more about whether the ATF had overstepped its authority than the Second Amendment. Bump stocks are accessories that replace a rifle’s stock, the part that rests against the shoulder. They harness the gun’s recoil energy so that the trigger bumps against the shooter’s stationary finger, allowing the gun to fire at a rate comparable to a traditional machine gun. Fifteen states and the District of Columbia have their own bans on bump stocks.

Government lawyers countered the effort required from the shooter is small, and doesn’t make a legal difference. The Justice Department said the ATF changed its mind on bump stocks after doing a more in-depth examination spurred by the Las Vegas shooting and came to the right conclusion.

 

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