US Supreme Court throws out ban on bump stocks for guns

The court rules the government does not have the right to ban the accessories.

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In a decision on Friday, the court said the government did not have the right to ban the accessories.

The Trump administration banned bump stocks after they were used to kill almost 60 people at a concert in Las Vegas in 2017.

But a Texas gun shop owner who challenged the ban said the government went too far in defining the accessories as machine guns, which are illegal under federal law, and took his fight all the way to America's highest court.

The court said a semi-automatic rifle with an attachment does not qualify as a machine gun under federal law.

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