Bump stocks were banned by the Trump administration after that mass shooting.
But when the Supreme Court last week struck down that ban, which had been a rare victory for gun-safety advocates in recent years, it had the potential to open the door not just to bump stocks.
The devices are replacement triggers known as “forced-reset triggers” or “wide-open triggers” that allow shooters to fire more than 900 rounds in a minute with one continuous squeeze, federal officials say.
In March 2022, four years after the ban on bump stocks was issued, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives also imposed restrictions on some of these trigger devices.
The agency said in a letter at the time that the devices effectively turned semiautomatic weapons into prohibited machine guns.
Persons:
Trump, Biden’s
Organizations:
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Explosives
Locations:
Las Vegas