The Supreme Court denies a request to put the Trump administration's rule banning bump stocks on hold while legal challenges play out. The ban went into effect Tuesday.
The court issued a one sentence order on the ban -- which went into effect Tuesday -- with no noted dissents. A bump stock is an attachment that essentially allows shooters to fire semiautomatic rifles continuously with one pull of the trigger. The Justice Department issued a rule in December interpreting an existing prohibition against fully automatic weapons to also cover the attachment.A federal bump stock ban starts today.
He said now that the rule is in effect, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives can bring felony prosecution charges against those who don't comply as well as seek penalties for up to 10 years imprisonment and a $250,000 fine. He argued that bump stocks should not be included in the ban. "The Final Rule is the very embodiment of a violation of the separation of powers -- Congressional authority being wielded by an administrative agency," Olson said.
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