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Supreme Court strikes down bump stock ban

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The U.S. Supreme Court struck down the federal ban on bump stocks Friday, declaring that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives exceeded its authority when it banned the devices on grounds they convert otherwise legal semi-automatic weapons into illegal machine guns.

The Trace reporter Chip Brownlee joins us.

This segment aired on June 14, 2024.

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