
Supreme Court to Review ATF’s Ban on Gun ‘Bump Stocks’
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review whether the ATF may ban “bump stocks,” the gun attachments that enable semiautomatic weapons to fire rapidly like machine guns.
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review whether the ATF may ban “bump stocks,” the gun attachments that enable semiautomatic weapons to fire rapidly like machine guns.
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and fellow conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined liberal Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson in approving the government’s plea.
Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. agreed to temporarily pause a lower court’s order barring the government from regulating ghost guns, delivering a momentary victory to the ATF, CBS News reports.
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