Md. A.G. Brown Issues Statement on Supreme Court Decision to Strike Down Federal Rule on Bump Stocks
June 15, 2024
June 15, 2024
BALTIMORE, Maryland, June 15 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following statement on June 14, 2024:
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Today, the United States Supreme Court struck down a 2018 federal rule from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms ("ATF"), categorizing bump-stock devices as machine guns under the National Firearms Act.
Bump stocks are devices that can be added to semiautomatic guns to allow the weapons to fire rapidly at rates . . .
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Today, the United States Supreme Court struck down a 2018 federal rule from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms ("ATF"), categorizing bump-stock devices as machine guns under the National Firearms Act.
Bump stocks are devices that can be added to semiautomatic guns to allow the weapons to fire rapidly at rates . . .