Supreme Court debates whether bump stocks are illegal 'You have to apply a little bit of common sense,” said Justice Elena Kagan, who used to go hunting with the late Justice Antonin Scalia.

The Supreme Court challenge examines whether the device is a type of machine gun. Trump's Justice Department banned bump stocks after the Las Vegas mass shooting.

The Supreme Court heard arguments in a challenge to a Trump-era ban on bump stocks for firearms put in place in the wake of the 2017 mass shooting. Latest U.S.

The ATF says bump stocks convert a semi-automatic weapon into a machine gun by firing multiple rounds with a single pull on the trigger. Machine guns have been banned under federal law since 1934.

In a loss for the Biden administration, the Supreme Court on Friday ruled that federal ban on “bump stocks,” gun accessories that allow semi-automatic rifles to fire more quickly, is unlawful.

The Supreme Court agreed in November to decide whether a Trump era-ban on bump stocks, the gun attachments that allow semi-automatic weapons to fire rapidly like machine guns, violates federal law.

Supreme Court to review Trump-era gun rule banning bump stocks "I'll never forget the sound of the machine gun firing into the crowd that night," says Marisa Marano, who was there. Actually, it ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down a ban on bump stocks, the gun accessory used in the deadliest shooting in modern American history — a Las Vegas massacre that killed 60 people and injur… ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected two appeals by gun owners seeking to overturn the federal government's ban on the sale of bump stocks -- devices that allow a semi-automatic firearm to ...

In a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court ruled Friday that a federal ban on bump stocks, gun accessories that allow semiautomatic rifles to fire more quickly, is unlawful.

texas gun store owner says supreme court should limit government 'power' in 'bump stock' ban case A bump stock is displayed in Harrisonburg, Virginia, on March 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File) ...