bump stock
noun
plural bump stocks
: a replacement stock for a semiautomatic rifle that enables it to fire much more rapidly
A bump stock lets a gun's stock, which rests against the shoulder, slide backward and forward, letting users take advantage of the gun's recoil to fire rapidly.—
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That law came just days after the Supreme Court reversed a Trump-era law to federally ban bump stocks.
—Maya Eaglin, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2024
After the Las Vegas mass shooting in Oct. 2017, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms under the Trump administration banned bump stocks, devices that greatly increase the rate of fire of semi-automatic weapons.
—Caroline Linton, CBS News, 23 Oct. 2024
In that case, the court had to decide whether the ATF was right to define bump stocks as machine guns.
—Noah Feldman, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024
Yet Trump also banned bump stocks, attachments that allow semiautomatic guns to shoot faster; the Supreme Court, including all three justices appointed by Trump, overturned that rule in June.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2024
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Maya Eaglin, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2024
After the Las Vegas mass shooting in Oct. 2017, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms under the Trump administration banned bump stocks, devices that greatly increase the rate of fire of semi-automatic weapons.
—Caroline Linton, CBS News, 23 Oct. 2024
In that case, the court had to decide whether the ATF was right to define bump stocks as machine guns.
—Noah Feldman, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024
Yet Trump also banned bump stocks, attachments that allow semiautomatic guns to shoot faster; the Supreme Court, including all three justices appointed by Trump, overturned that rule in June.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2024
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“Bump stock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bump%20stock. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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