a Trump-era regulation from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms prohibiting the device in the wake of a 2017 mass shooting at a Las Vegas music festival that killed 60 people and injured hundreds more.
Senate Democrats sought to shine a spotlight on the issue after the Supreme Court’s conservative majority determined that the ATF overstepped its authority in banning the gun accessory, which allows semi-automatic weapons to fire more rapidly. Republicans and at least one centrist denounced the approach, with senators lamenting that the bill did not go through committee.Sen. Susan Collins , a co-sponsor of Heinrich’s bump stock ban, and Sen. Mitt Romney were among the Republicans who said they would support such legislation.Heinrich said he’d be “happy to work with Republicans who have ideas.” But Schumer deflected whether the topic will be revisited at a later date.