Supreme Court Rules for Bump Stock Owners After Striking Down Federal Ban

The Supreme Court on June 24 reversed a lower court’s ruling against bump stock purchasers after the justices overturned a federal ban on the devices days before. The regulation, which came into being during the Trump administration after a gunman used bump stock-equipped rifles in a 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas, had reversed years of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) interpretations on the use of “machine guns.” Bump stocks were designed for people with limited hand mobility, such as those who suffer from arthritis. A bump stock replaces a rifle’s standard stock, which is the part of a rifle behind the receiver and grip where a shooter’s cheek is positioned when aiming a rifle. A bump stock doesn’t make any modifications to the firing components of a rifle but makes the continuous rapid fire of the weapon possible. As the non-trigger hand pushes the rifle forward, the trigger “bumps” against the shooter’s stationary trigger finger, causing the trigger to depress and the rifle to shoot again....