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Supreme Court overturns Trump-era ban on bump stocks

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The Supreme Court ruled Friday that a ban on bump stocks — attachments that allow semi-automatic rifles to fire more quickly — implemented by former President Donald Trump in 2017 was unconstitutional. NY Post National Politics Editor Sam Chamberlain shares this story.

In a 6-3 ruling, the court found that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) had overstepped its authority by classifying bump stocks as illegal machine guns.

“We conclude that semiautomatic rifle equipped with a bump stock is not a ‘machinegun’ [sic],” Justice Clarence Thomas wrote for the majority, “because it does not fire more than one shot ‘by a single function of the trigger.'”

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