If the Supreme Court rules that bump stocks aren’t machine guns later this summer, it could quickly open an unfettered marketplace of newer, more powerful rapid-fire devices. The Trump administration, ...
The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a ruling last week regarding the proper classification of bump stocks, but made a more important decision that further expanded the court’s view of the rights of gun ...
The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) exceeded its statutory authority when it purported to ban bump stocks by classifying them as ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. Justice Department said it will allow the sale of devices, including by Rare Breed Firarms that enable standard guns to ...
In a 6-3 ruling along ideological lines Friday, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority decided that congressional intent be damned in siding with a plaintiff who had sued against the federal Bureau ...
Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In 2017, it took a shooter 10 minutes to spray more than 1,000 rounds into a crowd ...
In 2013, a company called Slide Fire Solutions introduced a device called a “bump stock” that enabled a semi-automatic assault rifle to behave like a fully automatic one — dancing around the ...
A shooter can keep a finger still as the recoil and bump stock move the trigger back and forth, according to weapons experts. A bump stock modified semi-automatic can fire 400 to 800 rounds per minute ...
The National Firearms Act of 1934 (“NFA”) defines a machine gun as “Any weapon which shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot, without manual ...