Supreme Court rejects bump stock ban cases
2 years, 2 months ago

Supreme Court rejects bump stock ban cases

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Monday it won’t take up two cases that involved challenges to a ban enacted during the Trump administration on bump stocks, the gun attachments that allow semi-automatic weapons to fire rapidly like machine guns. The cases the justices declined to hear were an appeal from a Utah gun rights advocate and another brought by the gun rights group Gun Owners of America and others. As is typical the justices made no comments in declining to hear the cases and they were among many the court rejected Monday, the first day of the court’s new term. The Trump administration’s ban on bump stocks took effect in 2019 and came about as a result of the 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas.

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Supreme Court rejects challenge to Hawaii gun licensing rules — for now
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Supreme Court rejects challenge to Hawaii gun licensing rules — for now

NPR  

Supreme Court rejects challenge to Hawaii gun licensing rules — for now toggle caption Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images The Supreme Court declined to intervene or overturn a Hawaii State Supreme Court decision that allowed the state to prosecute a man carrying a loaded pistol without a license. Justices Clarence Thomas and Justice Samuel Alito criticized the Hawaii court's ruling, but supported …

Federal appeals court upholds Maryland’s ban on assault-style weapons
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Federal appeals court upholds Maryland’s ban on assault-style weapons

Associated Press  

— A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld Maryland’s decade-old ban on military-style firearms commonly referred to as assault weapons. Circuit Court of Appeals judges rejected gun rights groups’ arguments that Maryland’s 2013 law is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment. The weapons banned by Maryland’s law fall outside Second Amendment protection because they are essentially military-style weapons “designed for sustained …

Supreme Court sidesteps several new gun cases, including challenge to state assault weapons ban
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court sidesteps several new gun cases, including challenge to state assault weapons ban

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court sidestepped a new set of Second Amendment fights Tuesday, declining to hear a challenge to an assault weapons ban in Illinois and sending other gun cases back to lower courts, including a challenge to the law used to convict Hunter Biden. The moves came after the justices upheld a gun law intended to protect victims …

Supreme Court turns down a 2nd Amendment challenge to state bans on assault weapons
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court turns down a 2nd Amendment challenge to state bans on assault weapons

LA Times  

Three variations of the AR-15 assault rifle are displayed at the California Department of Justice in Sacramento. The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned down a 2nd Amendment challenge to state laws in Illinois that prohibited the sale of rapid-fire assault weapons. “For now at least, the 2nd Amendment is a second-class right, and it will remain so until the Supreme …

Clarence Thomas has a bump-stock death wish for Americans
6 months ago

Clarence Thomas has a bump-stock death wish for Americans

Raw Story  

In 2017, a man with bump stock-enhanced rifles perched himself at a Las Vegas hotel window, trained his crosshairs on thousands of concert-goers below and murdered 60 people. Last week, Justice Clarence Thomas, writing for the radicalized 6-3 majority on the Supreme Court, overturned the ban, claiming that, “a semiautomatic rifle equipped with a bump stock is not a machine …

Republicans block bill to outlaw bump stocks for rifles after Supreme Court lifts Trump-era ban
6 months ago

Republicans block bill to outlaw bump stocks for rifles after Supreme Court lifts Trump-era ban

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans blocked bipartisan legislation Tuesday that would have outlawed bump stocks after the Supreme Court struck down a ban on the rapid-fire gun accessory used in the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history. “It won’t pass because enough people in this building still believe in the Constitution, and the Constitution affords Americans the right to own a …

Letters to the Editor: The Supreme Court just made it easier to massacre Americans
6 months ago

Letters to the Editor: The Supreme Court just made it easier to massacre Americans

LA Times  

A bump stock, which allows a more rapid rate of fire, is shown attached to a semiautomatic rifle at a gun store. The owner of that business sued to make these “accessories” legal again, saying the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives went too far in banning the sale of bump stocks. In a concurring opinion for the …

Supreme Court bump stocks ruling: Clarence Thomas seems fine with supercharging deadly weapons.
6 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court bump stocks ruling: Clarence Thomas seems fine with supercharging deadly weapons.

Slate  

A bump stock is an attachment that converts a semi automatic rifle into a weapon that can fire as many as 800 rounds per minute - an intensity of gunfire matched by machine guns. On Friday, the US Supreme Court struck down a Trump-era bump stock ban introduced in the wake of that tragedy, in which 60 people were killed …

Trump once defied the NRA to ban bump stocks. He now says he ‘did nothing’ to restrict guns
6 months, 1 week ago

Trump once defied the NRA to ban bump stocks. He now says he ‘did nothing’ to restrict guns

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. He announced that he had told the National Rifle Association that “bump stocks are gone,” arguing they “turn legal weapons into illegal machine guns.” On Friday, Trump’s campaign to return to the White House defended a Supreme Court decision to strike down his own ban on those devices. But he …

What to know about bump stocks and the Supreme Court ruling striking down a ban on the gun accessory
6 months, 1 week ago

What to know about bump stocks and the Supreme Court ruling striking down a ban on the gun accessory

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — 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. Justice Samuel Alito, who joined the majority, wrote in a separate opinion that the Las Vegas shooting strengthened the case for …

Clarence Thomas’ Opinion Legalizing Bump Stocks Is Indefensible
6 months, 1 week ago

Clarence Thomas’ Opinion Legalizing Bump Stocks Is Indefensible

Slate  

The Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority carved a huge loophole into the federal prohibition against machine guns on Friday, striking down a bump stock ban first enacted in 2018 by the Trump administration. As Justice Sonia Sotomayor explained in dissent, the supermajority flouts the “ordinary meaning” of the law, adopting an “artificially narrow” interpretation that will have “deadly consequences.” This Supreme …

Supreme Court strikes down Trump-era ban on bump stocks, gun accessories used in 2017 Vegas massacre
6 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court strikes down Trump-era ban on bump stocks, gun accessories used in 2017 Vegas massacre

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Friday struck down a Trump-era ban on bump stocks, a gun accessory that allows semi-automatic weapons to fire rapidly like machine guns and was used in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. The high court found 6-3 the Trump administration did not follow federal law when it reversed course and banned bump stocks after …

Clarence Thomas writes Supreme Court decision overturning Trump's bump stock ban
6 months, 1 week ago

Clarence Thomas writes Supreme Court decision overturning Trump's bump stock ban

Raw Story  

The Supreme Court legalized Bump stocks on Friday in a landmark ruling. Donald Trump's administration classified that bump stocks make a semi-automatic gun a machine gun, which is illegal in the U.S. But, according to Clarence Thomas who was writing for the majority, bump stock guns require that the trigger still be held to continue firing — thus it still …

Supreme Court Overturns Federal Bump Stock Ban
6 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court Overturns Federal Bump Stock Ban

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Supreme Court Friday overturned a federal agency’s rule banning bump stocks, the devices used in some of America’s deadliest mass killings carried out by lone shooters. A bump-stock-equipped semiautomatic rifle is a machinegun because with a single pull of the trigger, a shooter can fire continuous shots without any human input beyond maintaining forward pressure.” The …

Supreme Court strikes down Trump-era ban on rapid-fire rifle bump stocks, reopening political fight
6 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court strikes down Trump-era ban on rapid-fire rifle bump stocks, reopening political fight

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday struck down a Trump-era ban on bump stocks, the rapid-fire gun accessories used in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, in a ruling that threw firearms back into the nation’s political spotlight. The high court’s conservative majority found that the Trump administration overstepped when it changed course from predecessors and banned …

Supreme Court strikes down ban on rapid-fire bump stocks like those used in Las Vegas mass shooting
6 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court strikes down ban on rapid-fire bump stocks like those used in Las Vegas mass shooting

LA Times  

The Supreme Court on Friday struck down a federal ban on bump stocks like those used in the nation’s deadliest mass shooting, when 60 people were killed and 500 wounded at an outdoor concert in Las Vegas in 2017. “Guns outfitted with bump stocks fire like machine guns, they kill like machine guns, and they should be banned like machine …

Supreme Court strikes down Trump-era federal ban on bump stocks
6 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court strikes down Trump-era federal ban on bump stocks

NPR  

Supreme Court strikes down Trump-era federal ban on bump stocks toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down the Trump-era federal ban on bump stocks, declaring that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives exceeded its authority when it banned the devices. Sponsor Message Writing for the court, Justice Clarence Thomas said that a semi-automatic rifle …

Opinion: The Supreme Court went out of its way to ignore common sense on bump stocks
6 months, 1 week ago

Opinion: The Supreme Court went out of its way to ignore common sense on bump stocks

LA Times  

The Supreme Court on Friday invalidated a Trump-era rule prohibiting the use of bump stocks to make semiautomatic rifles more like machine guns. The tragedy in Las Vegas caused the ATF to change its position and deem bump stocks to be prohibited by the statute that outlaws machine guns. As Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in her dissent on Friday, “When …

What the Supreme Court decision on bump stocks could mean for guns in the U.S.
6 months, 1 week ago

What the Supreme Court decision on bump stocks could mean for guns in the U.S.

NPR  

What the Supreme Court decision on bump stocks could mean for guns in the U.S. toggle caption Rick Bowmer/AP The U.S. Supreme Court today overturned a federal ban on bump stocks, the devices that can attach to a semi-automatic rifle to make it fire as fast as a machine gun -- potentially hundreds of rounds a minute. What the court …

Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to Maryland ban on rifles known as assault weapons
7 months ago

Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to Maryland ban on rifles known as assault weapons

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday declined, for now, to hear a challenge to a Maryland law banning certain semi-automatic firearms commonly referred to as assault weapons. The Maryland plaintiffs, including gun rights groups, argued that semi-automatic weapons like the AR-15 are among the most popular firearms in the country and banning them runs afoul of the Second Amendment, …

Amy Coney Barrett will decide how deadly American weapons can be.
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Amy Coney Barrett will decide how deadly American weapons can be.

Slate  

On Oct. 1, 2017, a gunman opened fire on the crowds at a music festival in Las Vegas from the 32nd floor of a hotel across the street. In the terms of a statute, then, a bump stock is a “machinegun.” It’s a “part” that enables a weapon to fire “automatically” with “a single function of the trigger.” The shooter …

How gun accessories called bump stocks ended up before the U.S. Supreme Court
9 months, 3 weeks ago

How gun accessories called bump stocks ended up before the U.S. Supreme Court

Associated Press  

When gun accessories known as bump stocks first hit the market more than a decade ago, the U.S. government initially concluded the devices did not violate federal law despite enabling semi-automatic weapons to spray bullets at the rapid-fire rate of a machine gun. Now a federal ban on bump stocks imposed under then-President Donald Trump is before the U.S. Supreme …

The Supreme Court appears torn about a Trump-era ban on a gun accessory known as bump stocks
9 months, 3 weeks ago

The Supreme Court appears torn about a Trump-era ban on a gun accessory known as bump stocks

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appeared torn Wednesday about a challenge to a Trump-era ban on bump stocks, a gun accessory that allows semi-automatic weapons to fire rapidly like machine guns and was used in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. “Intuitively, I am entirely sympathetic to your argument,” said Justice Amy Coney Barrett, “I think the question …

Supreme Court will rule on ban on rapid-fire gun bump stocks, used in the Las Vegas mass shooting
1 year, 1 month ago

Supreme Court will rule on ban on rapid-fire gun bump stocks, used in the Las Vegas mass shooting

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed on Friday 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. The new case is not about the Second Amendment right to “keep and bear arms,” but rather whether the Trump administration followed federal law in changing the …

Supreme Court to consider challenge to federal bump stock ban
1 year, 1 month ago

Supreme Court to consider challenge to federal bump stock ban

CNN  

CNN — The Supreme Court agreed to take up a challenge to the federal ban on bump stocks, devices that essentially allow shooters to fire semiautomatic rifles more rapidly, discharging potentially hundreds of bullets per minute. Under federal law a “machine gun” is interpreted as “any weapon which shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot, …

Supreme Court agrees to rule on whether ATF can ban rapid-fire ‘bump stocks’
1 year, 1 month ago

Supreme Court agrees to rule on whether ATF can ban rapid-fire ‘bump stocks’

LA Times  

A “bump stock” rifle attachment allows a semiautomatic rifle to shoot hundreds of bullets per minute with a single pull of the trigger. The Supreme Court agreed Friday to rule on whether the government may ban the sale or use of “bump stocks” that can transform a semiautomatic rifle into one that shoots hundreds of bullets per minute with a …

Judge rejects attempt to temporarily block Connecticut’s landmark gun law passed after Sandy Hook
1 year, 4 months ago

Judge rejects attempt to temporarily block Connecticut’s landmark gun law passed after Sandy Hook

Associated Press  

HARTFORD, Conn. — A federal judge on Thursday rejected a request to temporarily block Connecticut’s landmark 2013 gun control law, passed after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, until a gun rights group’s lawsuit against the statute has concluded. U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven ruled the National Association for Gun Rights has not shown that the …

Judge rejects attempt to block new Washington state gun restrictions
1 year, 6 months ago

Judge rejects attempt to block new Washington state gun restrictions

Associated Press  

SEATTLE — A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a request to block a new Washington state law banning the sale of certain semi-automatic rifles, one of three measures recently signed by Democratic Gov. “In light of recent mass deaths caused by assailants using assault weapons, it is appropriate for governmental bodies to find ways to protect the public from dangerous …

Turmoil In Courts On Gun Laws In Wake Of Justices' Ruling
1 year, 10 months ago

Turmoil In Courts On Gun Laws In Wake Of Justices' Ruling

Huff Post  

FILE - The U.S. Supreme Court is seen on Jan. 20, 2023, in Washington. A landmark Supreme Court decision on the Second Amendment is dismantling gun law across the country, dividing judges and sowing confusion over what firearm restrictions can remain on the books. Experts say the high court’s ruling that outlined a new test for evaluating gun laws left …

US appeals court blocks ban on rapid-fire ‘bump stocks’
1 year, 11 months ago

US appeals court blocks ban on rapid-fire ‘bump stocks’

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — A Trump administration ban on bump stocks — devices that enable a shooter to rapidly fire multiple rounds from semi-automatic weapons after an initial trigger pull — was struck down Friday by a federal appeals court in New Orleans. “A plain reading of the statutory language, paired with close consideration of the mechanics of a semi-automatic firearm, …

Gun advocates fight for bump stocks in latest court hearing
2 years, 3 months ago

Gun advocates fight for bump stocks in latest court hearing

LA Times  

A federal appeals court was told Tuesday that there is no basis in federal law for a Trump administration ban on bump stocks — devices that enable shooters to fire multiple rounds from a semiautomatic weapon with a single trigger pull. At issue is not the 2nd Amendment but whether bump stocks qualify as illegal “machine guns” under federal law. …

After Supreme Court ruling, it’s open season on US gun laws
2 years, 4 months ago

After Supreme Court ruling, it’s open season on US gun laws

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruling expanding gun rights threatens to upend firearms restrictions across the country as activists wage court battles over everything from bans on AR-15-style guns to age limits. “The gun rights movement has been given a weapon of mass destruction, and it will annihilate approximately 75% of the gun laws eventually,” said Evan Nappen, a New …

After Supreme Court ruling, it's open season on US gun laws
2 years, 4 months ago

After Supreme Court ruling, it's open season on US gun laws

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Supreme Court ruling expanding …

Supreme Court says several gun cases deserve a new look
2 years, 5 months ago

Supreme Court says several gun cases deserve a new look

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Thursday that gun cases involving restrictions in Hawaii, California, New Jersey and Maryland deserve a new look following its major decision in a gun case last week. In light of last week’s ruling — which said that Americans have a right to carry a gun outside the home — lower courts should take another …

Appeals court revives challenge to bump stock ban
2 years, 6 months ago

Appeals court revives challenge to bump stock ban

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — A legal challenge to the Trump administration’s ban on bump stocks — devices attached to semiautomatic firearms so that a shooter can fire multiple rounds with a single trigger pull — was revived Thursday by a federal appeals court. The 5th Circuit order came on the same day that the Supreme Court issued a ruling expanding gun …

Court upholds Trump administration’s ban of gun bump stocks
3 years ago

Court upholds Trump administration’s ban of gun bump stocks

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — A federal appeals court in New Orleans is the latest to uphold a federal ban on “bump stocks” — devices attached to semiautomatic firearms so that a shooter can fire multiple rounds with a single trigger pull. The ban was instituted by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in a rule declaring that bump …

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