Jimmy Williams Senate Democrats tried to pass a bill banning bump stocks on firearms Tuesday, but a single Republican objection stalled the effort. Backed by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., sought “unanimous consent” to pass the BUMP Act, which aims to ban devices that modify semi-automatic …
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Jimmy Williams Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced plans on Sunday to bring a vote this week on restoring a ban on bump stocks. These devices significantly increase the firing rate of semi-automatic weapons. Schumer’s move follows the Supreme Court’s recent decision to invalidate a federal rule that outlawed bump …
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Ariana Figueroa, NC Newsline The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday struck down a rule enacted following a 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas that defined a semiautomatic rifle equipped with a bump stock attachment as a machine gun, which is generally prohibited under federal law. The opinion, written by Justice …
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