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  2. Bump stock - Wikipedia

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    Bump stocks or bump fire stocks are gun stocks that can be used to assist in bump firing, the act of using the recoil of a semi-automatic firearm to fire ammunition cartridges in rapid succession. The legality of bump stocks in the United States came under question [1] [2] [3] following the 2017 Las Vegas shooting, in which 60 people were ...

  3. The Supreme Court appears torn about a Trump-era ban on a gun ...

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    The Supreme Court appeared torn Wednesday about a challenge to a Trump-era ban on bump stocks, a gun accessory that allows semi-automatic weapons to fire rapidly like machine guns and was used in ...

  4. Takeaways from the Supreme Court arguments over bump stocks ...

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    Bump stocks replace a semi-automatic rifle’s regular stock, the part of a gun that rests against the shoulder. The device lets shooters harness the recoil to mimic automatic firing if they hold ...

  5. Supreme Court hears challenge to Trump-era ban on bump stocks ...

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    The agency estimated that as many as 520,000 bump stocks were sold between 2010 and 2018. Bump stocks replace a semi-automatic rifle’s regular stock, the part of a gun that rests against the ...

  6. How gun accessories called bump stocks ended up before the U ...

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    Bump stocks were invented in the early 2000s after the expiration of a 1994 ban targeting assault weapons. The federal government approved the sale of bump stocks in 2010 after the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and Explosives concluded that guns equipped with the devices should not be considered illegal machine guns under federal law.

  7. House Bill 335 from Rep. Benjamin Sanchez, D-Montgomery, sought to ban accelerated trigger activators, such as bump stocks or binary triggers, that would speed up the rate of fire on semiautomatic ...

  8. Gun laws in Florida - Wikipedia

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    Bump fire stock. The possession of a bump stock is illegal. According to Florida Law, the term “bump-fire stock” means a conversion kit, a tool, an accessory, or a device used to alter the rate of fire of a firearm to mimic automatic weapon fire or which is used to increase the rate of fire to a faster rate than is possible for a person to ...

  9. Supreme Court to review Trump-era ban on gun 'bump stocks' - AOL

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    Bump stocks are accessories for semi-automatic rifles, such as the popular AR-15-style weapons. They use the recoil energy of a trigger pull to enable the user to fire up to hundreds of rounds a ...