Senator Lindsey Graham has vowed to block efforts to expedite proposed legislation banning bump stocks, despite past support for restrictions.
armed with bump stock-equipped rifles — prominent Republican lawmakers supported efforts to ban the firearm accessory. One such legislator was South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham. But after therestricting bump stock sales last week, Graham is now threatening to block any effort by Congress to regulate their availability to the public.
The justices further ruled that while the ATF lacked the justification to ban bump stocks under the National Firearms Act, Congress could still enact laws restricting their sale. to ban the sale, manufacturing, and transfer of “a device that is primarily designed, or redesigned, to increase the rate of fire when attached to a semiautomatic firearm,” as well as devices intended to increase the rate of fire of a firearm.
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