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 back into the nation’s political spotlight.
The ruling prompted a quick response from 9th District Congressman Andrew Clyde (R-Jackson County), a strong Second Amendment advocate, who had repeatedly called for the repeal of the ban since it was enacted.
“This is a tremendous victory for Americans’ Second Amendment liberties,” Clyde said on X, formerly Twitter.
The high court’s conservative majority found that the Trump administration overstepped when it changed course from predecessors and banned bump stocks, which allow a rate of fire comparable to machine guns. The decision came after a gunman in Las Vegas attacked a country music festival with assault rifles equipped with the accessories.
The gunman fired more than 1,000 rounds into the crowd in 11 minutes, sending thousands of people fleeing in terror as hundreds were wounded and dozens killed.
You can read more on the ruling and reaction to it here: Supreme Court strikes down Trump-era ban on rapid-fire rifle bump stocks, reopening political fight – SRN News