A divided US Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday on the legality of "bump stocks," simple devices that can allow rapid fire from otherwise semi-automatic guns.
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear arguments on the legality of "bump stocks," simple devices that can allow automatic fire from otherwise semi-automatic guns.The case stems from the worst mass shooting in US history, in October 2017, when a man using guns equipped with bump stocks fired on a crowd attending an outdoor music concert in Las Vegas, killing 58 people and wounding around 500.
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A divided US Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday on the legality of "bump stocks," simple devices that can allow rapid fire from otherwise semi-automatic guns.Most of his 22 guns were equipped with bump stocks, allowing them to fire as many as nine bullets a second.