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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The House will also consider two separate bills approved by the Senate that lengthen waiting periods for gun purchases and a ban on bump stocks.
—Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 16 Apr. 2024
Trump’s ban came largely as a response to a Las Vegas 2017 mass shooting where nearly 60 were killed by a shooter using a bump stock device.
—Casey Harper, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 31 Jan. 2024
Violators who continued to possess bump stocks could face criminal penalties.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2024
The government stresses the lethality of semiautomatic weapons when they are modified by bump stocks.
—Nina Totenberg, NPR, 28 Feb. 2024
After all, the technical legal issue before the court was not the Second Amendment and gun rights but rather a question of statutory meaning: do guns modified with bump stocks count as machine guns?
—Noah Feldman, The Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2024
Bump Stock Ban: The justices appeared split largely along ideological lines over whether the Trump administration acted lawfully in enacting a ban on bump stocks after a mass shooting at a country music festival in Las Vegas in 2017.
—Abbie Vansickle, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
The court’s consideration of whether the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was right to define guns equipped with bump stocks as machine guns was exactly that shocking.
—Noah Feldman, The Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2024
The Supreme Court leans in favor of upholding a ban on bump stocks that enable rifles to work like machine guns.
—Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024
Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 16 Apr. 2024
Trump’s ban came largely as a response to a Las Vegas 2017 mass shooting where nearly 60 were killed by a shooter using a bump stock device.
—Casey Harper, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 31 Jan. 2024
Violators who continued to possess bump stocks could face criminal penalties.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2024
The government stresses the lethality of semiautomatic weapons when they are modified by bump stocks.
—Nina Totenberg, NPR, 28 Feb. 2024
After all, the technical legal issue before the court was not the Second Amendment and gun rights but rather a question of statutory meaning: do guns modified with bump stocks count as machine guns?
—Noah Feldman, The Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2024
Bump Stock Ban: The justices appeared split largely along ideological lines over whether the Trump administration acted lawfully in enacting a ban on bump stocks after a mass shooting at a country music festival in Las Vegas in 2017.
—Abbie Vansickle, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
The court’s consideration of whether the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was right to define guns equipped with bump stocks as machine guns was exactly that shocking.
—Noah Feldman, The Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2024
The Supreme Court leans in favor of upholding a ban on bump stocks that enable rifles to work like machine guns.
—Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024
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“Bump stock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bump%20stock. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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