WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats sought to pass legislation Tuesday banning bump stocks for firearms after the Supreme Court overruled a previous ban, but a single Republican objected on behalf of ...

ATF, which is part of the Justice Department, then issued a rule classifying rifles with bump stocks as machine guns, reversing a position the bureau had taken previously. The ban was a rare ...

The device, called a forced-reset trigger, allows semiautomatic weapons to fire hundreds of rounds. The Biden administration ...

The ruling from a three-judge panel comes three weeks after the Biden administration asked the Supreme Court to decide whether the government can apply a ban on machine guns to bump stocks. CINCINNATI ...

The Supreme Court on Friday struck down a Trump-era ban on bump stocks, the rapid-fire gun accessories used in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, in a ruling that threw firearms ...

If passed, rapid-fire devices would be outlawed and local governments could ban concealed gun licensees from possessing guns within certain buildings.

Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, has joined other senators in introducing a bill to ban the sale of bump stocks and other devices or modifications that effectively turn semi-automatic guns into ...

The push to ban bump stocks followed the deadly mass shootings in Las Vegas in October 2017 and Parkland, Florida in February. Pro-gun advocates have said they are prepared to fight the rule in court.

The ban classifies bump stocks as illegal machine guns. The bump stock ban is now before the U.S. Supreme Court. It heard arguments on the legality of the ban in February. In addition to covering ...

A bump stock device (left) that fits on a semi-automatic rifle to increase the firing speed, making it similar to a fully automatic rifle, is shown next to a AK-47 semi-automatic rifle (right) at ...