Gray Area Remains for Bump Stock Owners Following Reversal of Texas Ban

In October 2017, 58 people were fatally shot during a country music festival in Las Vegas. The deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history focused scrutiny on the bump stock, a device that allows semiautomatic rifles to fire more rapidly.
Bump stocks were banned in the slaughter’s aftermath, but sales recently resumed once more in the Lone Star State. Gun rights advocates are celebrating the news, but those pushing for greater restrictions are sounding the alarm.

In January, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the ban by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Shops in Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana, within the 5th Circuit's jurisdiction, can hawk bump stocks again, but they’re still illegal elsewhere in the country.

Federal regulators had ultimately neglected to file a stay to stop the ban’s reversal, The Dallas Morning News reported.


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