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The Supreme Court’s conservatives pressed the Biden administration Wednesday to justify a federal ban on bump stocks, a device that can convert a semi-automatic rifle into a weapon that can fire far more rapidly.

The conservative-tilted court appeared skeptical that anyone but Congress can ban bump stocks.

The Las Vegas shooting in 2017, which left 61 people dead and roughly 500 wounded, provoked horror even from a...

The Supreme Court appeared divided Wednesday over whether a 1930s ban on machine guns should be applied to bump stocks -- modern devices that allow rapid fire.

Most of the justices appeared uncomfortable with "bump stocks," devices that allow semiautomatic weapons to fire automatically.

'I think the question is, why didn’t Congress pass that legislation to make this cover it more clearly,' Justice Amy Coney Barrett asked.

The Supreme Court offered divided thoughts and a measure of confusion on Wednesday over whether the federal government can ban so-called bump stocks.

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.

The Trump administration banned bump stocks after the deadly mass shooting in Las Vegas, but the ban was put on hold. This comes down to whether the justices believe the accessory makes a weapon a machine gun. Those supporting bump stocks say there is still a manual action taken by the shooter.