The 1968 Gun Control Act defined “machine gun” to include accessories “for use in converting a weapon” into a machine gun, and the ATF concluded that bump stocks meet that definition.

"Without repeating the intricacies of those positions here, there can be no doubt that a significant number of reasonable jurists have reached diametrically opposed conclusions as to whether the ...

The Supreme Court on Friday struck down a Trump-era ban on bump stocks, controversial devices used to increase the firing rate on semi-automatic rifles. But that doesn’t mean they will be ...

Gun lobbyists sued then-Attorney General William Barr, claiming the ATF overstepped its authority when it added bump stocks to the statutory definition of machine gun with the passage of a final rule.

Nev., has reintroduced bipartisan legislation that would ban bump stocks, the devices used during the Oct. 1, 2017, mass ...

Bump stocks don’t fit that definition because “the trigger must still be released and reengaged to fire each additional shot,” Thomas wrote. He also pointed to over a decade of ATF’s ...