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 ...

WASHINGTON — In a loss for the Biden administration, the Supreme Court ruled Friday that a Trump-era federal ban on bump stocks, gun accessories that allow semiautomatic rifles to fire more ...

Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett in overturning the ban. In the majority opinion, Thomas wrote that a semiautomatic rifle equipped with a bump stock does not qualify as an illegal machine gun ...

has joined other senators in introducing a bipartisan bill to ban the sale of bump stocks and other devices or modifications that effectively turn semi-automatic guns into fully automatic weapons.

The D.C. Circuit on Monday upheld the Trump administration's ban on rapid-fire gun attachments known as bump stocks, which were used to carry out the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history in ...

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.

According to a recent NY Post article, Sen. Elaine Phillips (R-LI) also backed gun control measures such as the bump stock ban. It’s looking like there is only one more Republican vote needed ...