Supreme Court overturns ban on 'replacement stocks'

The Supreme Court struck down a Trump-era ban on rapid-fire bump stocks, saying bump stocks did not meet the definition of machine guns. A bump stock is an accessory on a semi-automatic rifle that allows a rate of fire comparable to that of a machine gun. However, Dane Ciolino, a law professor at Loyola in New Orleans (see-oh-lean-oh), says a firearm can be classified as a machine gun…

“That’s only if the operator doesn’t need to do anything other than pull the trigger once for the weapon to fire multiple times.”

The Court ruled 6-3, along party lines, that the ATF overstepped its bounds by banning bump stocks in 2018. The ruling also says that bump stocks should not be classified as machine guns since they don't make the weapon completely. automatic. In fact, Ciolino says…

“On the facts of this case, ‘backup stocks’ require more from the operator for repeated firings.”

Although the move overturns a ban that came after a 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas, in which a man killed 60 people and injured hundreds more using semi-automatic rifles fitted with stock Shockingly, Ciolino says it has more to do with regulations than guns. .

“This is not a historic second notice of amendment. This is not a decision regarding a fairly commonly used firearm.”

The decision leaves the door open for Congress to ban bullion stocks through legislation.