{"id":2267786,"date":"2024-06-14T11:05:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T15:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-strikes-down-ban-on-bump-stocks\/"},"modified":"2024-06-14T11:06:44","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T15:06:44","slug":"supreme-court-strikes-down-ban-on-bump-stocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-strikes-down-ban-on-bump-stocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court overturns bump stock ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsupreme-court-strikes-down-ban-on-bump-stocks%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2267786&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The text provided shows HTML code for a webpage element but doesn&#8217;t contain any substantive content\u2064 to summarize. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-trump-holds-rally-in-pennsylvania-in-effort-to-win-swing-state\/\" title=\"Tune in live: Trump rallies in Pennsylvania to secure swing state\">code snippet features<\/a> a paragraph element with a class &#8220;readmore&#8221; and includes a button labeled &#8220;Read \u200bmore&#8230;&#8221;. \u200dThe button is designed to trigger a JavaScript\u2062 function called &#8220;showReadMore()&#8221;\u2063 when \u2064clicked. The ID for this button is &#8220;readmorebtn&#8221;.\u200c However, without additional context or content, it&#8217;s impossible to \u2062provide a summary beyond describing the exposed HTML and JavaScript \u2063functionality.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Supreme Court\">Supreme Court<\/a> ruled on Friday that the government overstepped its authority when it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-to-congress-enact-major-restrictions-on-constitutionally-protected-second-amendment-rights\/\" title=\"Biden To Congress: Enact Major Restrictions On Constitutionally Protected Second Amendment Rights\">banned bump stocks<\/a>, a gun accessory that transforms a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-data-behind-mass-shootings-and-why-democrat-proposals-arent-likely-to-help\/\" title=\"The Data Behind \u2018Mass Shootings,\u2019 And Why Democrat Proposals Aren\u2019t Likely To Help\">semiautomatic rifle<\/a> into a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/firearms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"firearm\">firearm<\/a> that functions similarly to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leaked-audio-of-joe-biden-telling-black-civil-rights-leaders-he-wont-go-all-in-on-executive-orders-to-appease-the-far-left-infuriates-progressives\/\" title=\"Leaked Audio of Joe Biden Telling Black Civil Rights Leaders He Won\u2019t Go All in on Executive Orders to Appease the Far Left Infuriates Progressives\">machine gun<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The high court ruled 6 to 3 along ideological lines in favor of Michael Cargill, a gun store owner who challenged the ban. Justice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/clarence-thomas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Clarence Thomas\">Clarence Thomas<\/a> wrote the majority opinion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA semiautomatic rifle equipped with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/second-amendment-activists-prevail-in-federal-court\/\" title=\"Second Amendment Activists Prevail in Federal Court\u00a0\">bump stock<\/a> does not fire more than one shot \u2018by a single function of the trigger,\u201d Thomas wrote. \u201cWith or without a bump stock, a shooter must release and reset the trigger between every shot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration, which issued the ban, deemed bump stocks machine guns in 2017. The move came in response to the Las Vegas shooting, the deadliest shooting in U.S. history, which killed 58 people. The suspect used bump stocks when he fired into a crowd of thousands who were attending a concert.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Sonia Sotomayor read the court\u2019s dissenting opinion from the bench.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I see a bird that walks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck,\u201d Sotomayor wrote.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>She observed that a bump stock on a semiautomatic rifle requires pulling a trigger once to fire multiple shots.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause I, like Congress, call that a machinegun, I respectfully dissent,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, ruled that the government exceeded its authority by banning bump stocks, accessories that make semiautomatic rifles mimic machine guns. 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