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 ...

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

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 ...

Trump's DOJ ends ban on forced-reset triggers, sparking debate on gun rights and safety. The settlement marks a shift from Biden-era gun control regulations.

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.

has joined other senators in introducing a bipartisan bill to ban the sale of bump stocks and other devices or modifications that effectively turn semi-automatic guns into fully automatic weapons.

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 ...