Bump stock

A Slide Fire Solutions bump fire stock on a WASR-10 semiautomatic rifle

Bump stocks or bump fire stocks are gun stocks that can be used to help make a semi-automatic firearm fire more bullets and a faster speed.

In the United States, the legality of bump stocks have been in question since the 2017 Las Vegas shooting, in which 60 people were killed and 869 people injured. Several states passed legislation making it harder to own bump stocks following this shooting. In December 2018, the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) published a rule that bump stocks were seen as "machine guns", and were effectively illegal under federal law. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against this in June 2024 in Garland v. Cargill.

Bump stocks remain illegal in 15 states and the District of Columbia based on state bans not affected by the Supreme Court ruling.

References

  1. ↑ Lacanlale, Rio (24 August 2020). "California woman declared 59th victim of 2017 massacre in Las Vegas". The Las Vegas Review-Journal. Archived from the original on 23 March 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  2. ↑ Lacanlale, Rio (17 September 2020). "Las Vegas woman becomes 60th victim of October 2017 mass shooting". The Las Vegas Review-Journal. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  3. ↑ "LVMPD Criminal Investigative Report of the 1 October Mass Casualty Shooting" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2020 – via www.lvmpd.com.
  4. ↑ "Bump Stock Legality by State 2024". worldpopulationreview.com. Retrieved 2024-06-18.