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 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 ...
INDIANAPOLIS — A U.S. Supreme Court ruling to overturn a federal ban on bump stocks has raised questions about whether the decision could impact the Hoosier State's laws about firearm attachments.
Typically, when a shooter pulls the trigger of a rifle, it "recoils," or kicks backward. A bump stock is a device that usually attaches to the back of the firearm and harnesses this rearward force, ...
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 Supreme Court has ruled that bump stocks don’t qualify as machine guns under federal gun controls, shooting down the Justice Department’s attempt to ban the devices. In the 6-3 ruling on Friday, ...
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 ...
The Supreme Court appeared divided Wednesday over whether a 1930s ban on machine guns should be applied to bump stocks — modern devices that allow rapid, repeated fire. The justice repeatedly asked ...
A bump stock is attached to a semiautomatic rifle at the Gun Vault store and shooting range in South Jordan, Utah, in 2017. (Rick Bowmer/AP) WASHINGTON (CN) — A Texas man’s challenge to a ban on bump ...
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 ...
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Garland v. Cargill, which poses the issue of whether a semiautomatic rifle with a bump stock is a machine gun. A machine gun is defined as "any ...