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The “ban” functioned by clarifying that the definition of “machinegun” in the Gun Control Act and National Firearms Act included bump stocks. Former President Donald Trump backed the ban after a shooter used rifles equipped with bump stocks to kill 58 people and injure hundreds at a music festival in Las Vegas, NV in 2017.
In a 6-3 decision, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote,"Congress has long restricted access to"'machinegun,'" a category of firearms defined by the ability to"shoot, automatically more than one shot . . . by a single function of the trigger." The Supreme Court on Friday overturned a Trump-era ban on bump stocks, ruling that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives exceeded its authority by determining that the gun attachments turn firearms into machine guns.
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