A majority of the full US 5th Circuit Court of Appeals said that bump stocks were not covered by the law that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives used to put the regulation in place.
“A plain reading of the statutory language, paired with close consideration of the mechanics of a semi-automatic firearm, reveals that a bump stock is excluded from the technical definition of ‘machinegun’ set forth in the Gun Control Act and National Firearms Act,” Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod wrote in the majority’s opinion. Three judges on the circuit court dissented from the ruling. This story is breaking and will be updated.
Kangaroo courts we have. The GOP is enforcing their agenda by court enforcement. One day that be not enough.
How nice! Let’s just keep shooting each other up. That’s the American way. Guns kill!
With the carjackings here in Chicago, I could definitely use a bump stock to defend myself from the carjackers!
Wow, hard to understand the logic behind that decision. The judge who presided over that hearing must not have any loved ones...
If only someone using the bump stocks or whatever it is, shoot the federal appeal court judges or their family members or frens, then only they know where it hurts.🤔🤔🤔🤦♂️
Your headline is bad, and you should feel bad!
It will be upheld.
another step closer....how about legalizing firearms for felons
That’s not what it does,
'allow shooters to fire semiautomatic rifles continuously with one pull of the trigger.' Is a lie. A bump stock lets you fire faster, but it is still a 100% semi-auto rifle, and it still only fires one round per pull of the trigger. Man, I hate the ignorant trying to tell me lies
It’s not 1 pull of the trigger. recoil of a first round causes the rifle to move back. The action of your support hand pulling it forward again causes your trigger finger to pull the trigger again. The stock supports your trigger hand. It’s still semi-auto. 1 pull 1 bullet
Then change the law and add amendments that include it. Ascents everything things evolve.... 50 years ago we had no Internet laws
SNEED FEED AND SEED
Dem: There is no mention of guns in the Bible. MAGA: That's because guns didn't exists when the Bible was written. Correct! Assault Rifles didn't exist when the 2nd Amendment was written. Guns could fire one bullet in 60 seconds in the 1700s, not 100s!! Ban ARs!!!
It is not essentially one trigger pull..That would be a fully automatic firearm. The trigger still must be pulled every single time with a bump stock to fire a round. Stop misleading and report the facts
Noice
The US has a sick obsession with guns that do more harm than good
This is not how bump stocks work. This needs to marked as misinformation Twitter. CNNisMisinformation
Back to spinning the winchester on the harley. Magic.
Only in America
Why?
Law Enforcement has a tough job as it is. This will make it worse.
The Las Vegas shooter used bump stocks when he shot 500 people have , killing 58 of them in just five minutes, bump stocks turn a semi-automatic weapon into an automatic one.
That's not how a bump stock works
MomsDemand
Who needs them. You can be taught to bump fire in ten minutes.
Oh goody! Now they can mow down that many more kids! Hurry, let’s get those abortion & birth control bans solidified so they have plenty of targets!
Why would anybody need this?😠😠😠
Of course they did. They haven't been victims of a mass shooting. And Money outweighs Morals until they personally experience such a loss.
This was a Trump ban, I’m glad it’s been struck down but it is a stupid novelty item that most people won’t waste their money on.
Good. Like we cared what they thought anyhow
WTF!!!
What's wrong with banning a gun accessory especially one that imitates the effect of a type of gun that's banned for public usage
crazy
FANTASTIC NEWS! Looking forward to fishing for the bump stocks lost in boating accidents.
Firing rounds automatically with one pull of the trigger of a bump stock equipped gun is exactly the definition of a machine gun.
Factually false. One trigger squeeze is 100% equal to one round sent down range from a semi-auto firearm.
This makes no sense,
Lmao the gun knowledge is superb!!
About time. It’s not an MG.
that is not how bump stocks work
I might buy myself one as a January 6th present.
Bump stocks aren't really a worry in terms of criminal actions because they cause highly inaccurate shots and loss of control. That being said, I'd be ok with banning them because they cause highly inaccurate shots and loss of control. It's an unnecessary liability.
Lol I don’t wanna wade into this but come on y’all full auto isn’t accurate and we aren’t playing real life GTA…if you think you need it I ain’t mad at ya
lol come get em bitches lockednloaded
Uh not it doesn’t and good.
EWErickson If it was a ban on anything related to gins, then i glad it was struck down. Do not infringe on my rights. The 6th graders parents should go to jail.
EWErickson Good
I have zero issue with ppl owning guns. These bump stocks serve no purpose EXCEPT to kill mass numbers of ppl in a short period of time.
Another Trump mistake corrected. Good.
They should ban it.
One of the few (only?) good things Trump did.
CommunityNotes This is factually incorrect. A bump stock does not change the operation of the trigger. One bullet comes out per trigger pull. Period.
You are a curious country.
Dang! All the murders were going down nationally too. Maybe CNN can do some journalism on what REALLY happened on October 1, 2017, or maybe they can stay focused on making sh!t up.
I spend as much time as I can in the woods and I love and respect the hunt but this is appalling. No one needs a bump stock. Can we please have some rational legislators at the helm?
And these are needed to do what?
insanity.
lauferlaw 5th Circuit of course.
Lies. Where is fact checking ?
America…
😂😂😂
Keeping the right to be able to kill scores of our fellow Americans.
Oh yeah back to making it easy to kill shitloads of people, just as the founders envisioned
Pack. The. Fucking. Court.
That's not how bump stocks work. They don't change the functionality of the semi auto. The bump and cause rapid trigger pulls. Man any integrity.
Bump stocks are stupid, as is this CNN story…
tRumplican Judge. Traitor to make America Safe Again.
Unbelievable
Who wants a bump stock, cuz they be fun?
Good
That's not how they work. When you're ignorant on how firearms accessories work, you shouldn't comment on them.