The U.S. Supreme Court shot down the federal ban on bump stocks ,a device that when attached to a semi-automatic weapon allow it to fire rapidly like a machine gun. This Oct. 4, 2017, file photo, shows the device attached to a semi-automatic rile. Some anticipate Pennsylvania lawmakers will try again to ban them in this state. Only a month ago the state House narrowly defeated a bill that would have banned a gun accessory that can turn semi-automatic guns into fully automatic weapons.102-101.
“Those legislators, if their belief is they should not exist, they should come back and put up a vote again and this time, the Republicans should get together and say we don’t think you should be able to make your gun into a machine gun...” Garber said., saying, “An astonishingly bad and extreme ruling. Banning bump stocks was such a no brainer that Trump’s DOJ did it with no fanfare. Congress needs to fix this mess and keep communities safe.
“We will be looking for the legislature to come back and find a way to ban bump stocks,” Garber said, pointing out the justices didn’t indicate they saw the ban as a violation of Second Amendment rights.