What to know about bump stocks and the Supreme Court ruling striking down a ban on the gun accessory
The gun accessory the Supreme Court just ruled on allows a rifle to fire dozens of bullets within seconds
By Ap News
Published - Jun 14, 2024, 01:23 PM ET
Last Updated - Jun 14, 2024, 01:23 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 injured hundreds more.
The court's conservative majority said Friday that then-President Donald Trump's administration overstepped its authority with the 2019 ban on the firearm attachment, which allows semiautomatic weapons to fire like machine guns.
Here's what to know about the case:
