Supreme Court Overrules Federal Ban on Bump Stocks in Major Gun Accessory Decision
Washington, D.C. – The Supreme Court delivered a blow to the Biden administration on Friday, ruling that the federal ban on “bump stocks,” accessories that increase the firing rate of semiautomatic rifles, is invalid. In a 6-3 decision divided along ideological lines, with the conservative justices in the majority, the Court determined that a law dating back almost a century aimed at prohibiting machine guns does not encompass bump stocks. Justice Clarence Thomas, writing for …