What to know about bump stocks and the Supreme Court ruling striking down a ban on the gun accessory

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The gun accessory the Supreme Court just ruled on allows a rifle to fire dozens of bullets within seconds.

Florida’s Disaster Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday ends today. Here’s what you can save on before it’s overThe Supreme Court ruled Friday that a rifle fitted with a rapid-fire accessory known as a bump stock is not an illegal machine gun. on bump stocks, the gun accessory used in the deadliest shooting in modern American history — a Las Vegas massacre that killed 60 people and injured hundreds more.

In the aftermath of the shooting, the ATF reconsidered whether bump stocks could be sold and owned legally. With support from Trump, a Republican, the agency in 2018 ordered a ban on the devices, arguing they turned rifles into illegal machine guns.written by Justice Clarence Thomas said the ATF did not have the authority to issue the regulation banning bump stocks.

“When I see a bird that walks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck,” she wrote.At least 15 states and the District of Columbia have their own bans on bump stocks, though some could be affected by the high court’s ruling.

 

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