WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats sought to pass legislation Tuesday banning bump stocks for firearms after the Supreme Court overruled a previous ban, but a single Republican objected on behalf of ...

ATF, which is part of the Justice Department, then issued a rule classifying rifles with bump stocks as machine guns, reversing a position the bureau had taken previously. The ban was a rare ...

Fitting a bump stock to a rifle lets it fire hundreds of bullets per minute - akin to a machine gun The US Supreme Court has lifted a ban on bump stocks, the rapid-fire gun accessory used in ...

The Supreme Court on Friday struck down a rule that banned bump stocks, issued by the Trump administration after a 2017 mass shooting at a concert in Las Vegas. By a vote of 6-3, the justices rejected ...

A bump stock device (left) that fits on a semi-automatic rifle to increase the firing speed, making it similar to a fully automatic rifle, is shown next to a AK-47 semi-automatic rifle (right) at ...

The ruling from a three-judge panel comes three weeks after the Biden administration asked the Supreme Court to decide whether the government can apply a ban on machine guns to bump stocks. CINCINNATI ...

The device, called a forced-reset trigger, allows semiautomatic weapons to fire hundreds of rounds. The Biden administration ...

The push to ban bump stocks followed the deadly mass shootings in Las Vegas in October 2017 and Parkland, Florida in February. Pro-gun advocates have said they are prepared to fight the rule in court.

Bump stocks were used in the Las Vegas shooting in 2017 - when dozens of people were killed at a music festival The US Supreme Court has lifted a ban on bump stocks, the rapid-fire gun accessory ...

The Supreme Court on Friday struck down a Trump-era ban on bump stocks, the rapid-fire gun accessories used in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, in a ruling that threw firearms ...