The shooter in the horrifying 2017 Las Vegas massacre used a “bump stock”—a device that drastically increases a semiautomatic rifle’s rate of fire. While Congress didn’t respond, the Trump ...
As a presidential candidate last December, Gov. Ron DeSantis criticized bans on pistol braces and bump stocks issued by his opponent, former President Donald Trump, and current President Joe Biden.
The U.S. Supreme Court today overturned a federal ban on bump stocks, the devices that can attach to a semi-automatic rifle to make it fire as fast as a machine gun -- potentially hundreds of rounds a ...
WASHINGTON − After the deadliest mass shooting in the nation’s history, then-President Donald Trump vowed he would get rid of the device that turns a semi-automatic rifle into something closer to a ...
A ruling last week by the U.S. Supreme Court that nullified a federal ban on bump stocks triggered, not surprisingly, widespread response. In a 6-3 opinion written by Justice Clarence Thomas, the ...
The U.S. Supreme Court overturned a federal ban on the devices, which could have wider implications for what qualifies as a machine gun. What the Supreme Court decision on bump stocks could mean for ...