Supreme Court Won’t Hear Challenge to Trump-Era Bump Stock Ban

Supreme Court Won’t Hear Challenge to Trump-Era Bump Stock Ban
In this file photo, a bump stock was installed on an AR-15 rifle. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images
Matthew Vadum
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The Supreme Court has rejected another challenge to former President Donald Trump’s ban on so-called bump stocks, which allow a semi-automatic weapon to fire rapidly like a machine gun.

The ruling came on Nov. 14, after the court recognized a constitutional right to bear firearms in public for self-defense in a June decision striking down a New York law that required an applicant to demonstrate “proper cause” to obtain a license to carry a concealed handgun in public.