Bump-stocks, or slide fire adapters, allow semi-automatic rifles to fire hundreds of bullets per minute, similar to a machine gun. But the court said it did not meet the government's definition ...

The shooter utilized bump stocks to fire hundreds of rounds of ammunition into a large crowd. By March 2018, ATF published an updated definition of machine guns, classifying all bump stock devices ...

and bump stocks clearly do not fit that definition.” In 2022, Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) wrote to ATF Director Steven ...

“All that a bump stock does is accelerate the rate of fire by causing these distinct ‘function[s]’ of the trigger to occur in rapid succession,” Thomas wrote. In a fiery dissent, Justice Sonia ...

The ATF began including bump stocks under the definition of “machinegun” during the Trump administration in response to the deadly mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip in 2017. "We hold that a ...