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US Supreme Court strikes down federal bump stock ban

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The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in favor of a challenge to a federal ban on bump stocks, devices that allow semi-automatic weapons to fire like machine guns. The ruling stems from the worst mass shooting in U.S. history, which occurred in October 2017 and in which most of the 22 guns used were equipped with bump stocks. The court's decision fell along ideological lines, with conservative justices voting in favor of the challenge and liberal justices dissenting. A Texas gun shop owner had challenged the ban, which was implemented during the Trump administration. The Biden administration has expressed support for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' decision to allow the accessories.

  1. US
    Dick Durbin
    Democratic Party
    1. The Senate judiciary committee's ongoing investigation into the supreme court's ethical crisis … makes it crystal clear that the highest court needs an enforceable code of conduct, because its members continue to choose not to meet the moment.
  2. US
    Maxwell Frost
    Democratic Party
    1. A disgraceful decision by the corrupt supreme court that will results in the death of more Americans, especially children. Congress must act swiftly to pass a bump stocks ban. Time to organize.
  3. US
    Michael Tyler
    Democratic Party
    1. Weapons of war have no place on the streets of America, but Trump's Supreme Court justices have decided the gun lobby is more important than the safety of our kids and our communities.
  4. US
    Joe Biden
    Democratic Party
    1. Today's decision strikes down an important gun safety regulation.
  5. US
    Hakeem Jeffries
    Democratic Party
    1. By undoing this policy, the court is putting countless American lives at risk.
  6. US
    Karoline Leavitt
    Republican Party
    1. President Trump has been and always will be a fierce defender of Americans' Second Amendment rights and he is proud to be endorsed by the NRA.
    2. The Court has spoken and their decision should be respected.
  7. US
    Clarence Thomas
    US Supreme Court
    1. This case asks whether a bump stock - an accessory for a semiautomatic rifle that allows the shooter to rapidly reengage the trigger (and therefore achieve a high rate of fire) - converts the rifle into a 'machinegun'. We hold that it does not and therefore affirm the lower court's ruling.
  8. US
    Sonia Sotomayor
    US Supreme Court
    1. Today, the Court puts bump stocks back in civilian hands. To do so, it casts aside Congress's definition of 'machinegun' and seizes upon one that is inconsistent with the ordinary meaning of the statutory text and unsupported by context or purpose.

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sources

  1. 1.The Times of India
  2. 2.The Guardian
  3. 3.BBC
  4. 4.ABC News (Australia)
  5. 5.France 24
  6. 6.CTV News
  7. 7.Le Monde
  8. 8.Guardian

perspectives

  1. 1.US Politics
  2. 2.US under Joe Biden
  3. 3.Second Amendment to the United States Constitution
  4. 4.Gun Control

countries

  1. 1.United StatesUS

organizations

  1. 1.US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
  2. 2.Democratic PartyUS
  3. 3.Republican Party
  4. 4.National Rifle Association
  5. 5.New Civil Liberties Alliance
  6. 6.US Senate Judiciary Committee
  7. 7.Gun Violence Archive
  8. 8.Twitter/XUS

persons

  1. 1.Michael Cargill
  2. 2.Clarence ThomasUS
  3. 3.Donald TrumpUS
  4. 4.Sonia SotomayorUS
  5. 5.Joe BidenUS
  6. 6.Brian Fletcher
  7. 7.Dick DurbinUS
  8. 8.Michael TylerUS
  9. 9.Samuel AlitoUS
  10. 10.Barack ObamaUS
  11. 11.Brittany Quintero
  12. 12.Christiana Duarte

technicals

  1. 1.Second Amendment
  2. 2.US Constitution
  3. 3.National Firearms Act
  4. 4.Prohibition
  5. 5.Route 91
US Supreme Court strikes down federal bump stock ban