Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York said he will introduce a bump stock ban bill to the full Senate this week, following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn a ban on bump stocks enacted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) under former President Donald Trump.
At a press conference on Sunday, Schumer said, “The Senate can help reinstate these public safety regulations. We’ll try to reinstate them next week. As Majority Leader, I have the power to allow a unanimous vote. We’ll see what the MAGA Republicans do. Will they allow these regulations to go through, or will they cave in to MAGA and hurt the American people?” CBS News.
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Schumer announced his plan days after the ruling. (Eric Li/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Schumer’s office did not respond to inquiries from Fox News Digital about the timeline for this week’s vote.
After the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 last week to strike down the ATF rule, the Democratic leader said Senate Democrats are prepared to pass legislation to ban bump stocks, adding that they would “need Senate Republican votes” to do so.
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The rules banning bump stocks have been struck down by the courts. (Jill Connelly/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
A bill to enact the invalidated bump stock ban into law is unlikely to come to a unanimous vote that would allow any senator to challenge it.
“The far-right Supreme Court continues its unprecedented assault on public safety by overturning the commonsense guidance issued by ATF in 2018,” Schumer said in a statement after the ruling. “Bump stocks have played a devastating role in so many of our nation’s horrific mass shootings, and unfortunately, it is not surprising that the Supreme Court would overturn this necessary public safety rule as it pushes forward with its unrealistic and extreme agenda. They are even further to the right than Donald Trump.”
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The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 last week to strike down the ATF rule. (AP Photo/Maryam Zuhaib, File)
The rule banning bump stocks, a firearm accessory used to make a gun fire faster, was put into place under the Trump administration after the Las Vegas mass shooting that left 60 people dead and 500 injured.
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Following the ruling, the Trump campaign argued that the court’s decision should be respected.
“President Trump has been and will continue to be a fierce defender of the Second Amendment rights of Americans and we are proud to have the endorsement of the NRA. With our borders open to terrorists and criminals and immigrant crime on the rise, the right to keep and bear arms is more important than ever and Joe Biden is trying to take that right away from law-abiding Americans. President Trump will not allow that to happen,” campaign spokeswoman Caroline Leavitt said in a statement.
