Category: Bump Stocks

US Government Bump Stock Ban Struck Down by Court

January 7, 2023
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The U.S. government was wrong when it said a ban on machine guns applied to bump stocks, a federal court ruled on Jan. 6. The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) in 2018 claimed that two laws banning machine guns meant bump stocks were illegal, reversing its earlier position. The move, backed…

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Supreme Court Won’t Hear Challenge to Trump-Era Bump Stock Ban

November 14, 2022
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The Supreme Court has rejected another challenge to former President Donald Trump’s ban on so-called bump stocks that allow a semi-automatic weapon to fire as rapidly as a machine gun. The ruling came on Nov. 14 after the court recognized a constitutional right to bear firearms in public for self-defense in a June decision striking…

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US Military Court Rules Bump Stock Isn’t a Machine Gun

September 12, 2021
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A U.S. military court ruled that bump stocks, or devices that can increase the rate of fire in some semi-automatic firearms, are not machine guns despite the federal government in 2018 having issued the rule. The U.S. Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals on Sept. 9, in the case of U.S. v. Ali Alkazahg, said that…

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Court Rules ATF Cannot Classify Bump Stocks as Machine Guns

March 26, 2021
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A federal court on Thursday ruled that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) cannot classify bump stocks as machine guns. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit further indicated that the federal ban on bump stocks, which are devices that can increase the rate of fire for semi-automatic weapons, is likely…

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