The move came just days after the Supreme Courta 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.Washington ExaminerSen. 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.Schumer deflected whether the topic will be revisited at a later date.