Sen. Chris Murphy Says Trump Refused to Ban Bump Stocks
CLAIM: Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) claimed in a Tuesday X post that Donald Trump refused to ban bump stocks. Ruling: False. Trump’s ATF banned bump stocks at his direction. Let’s not mince words: by refusing to ban bump stocks and assault weapons, Donald Trump and the Republican Party are handing murderers the tools of genocide. […]
Bump Stock Ban Crashes And Burns In Senate
Senate Republicans shut down a Democratic effort to ban bump stocks on Tuesday after the Supreme Court ruled Friday against a Trump-era ATF rule outlawing the device. The bill would have imposed a federal ban on the sale of bump stocks, which enable a shooter to fire hundreds of rounds per minute with a semi-automatic […]
Supreme Court Strikes Down Bump Stock Ban
The Supreme Court tossed out a Trump administration-era ban on bump stocks Friday. In a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court held that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) exceeded its authority when it issued a rule classifying firearms equipped with bump stocks as machine guns. The case, Garland v. Cargill, challenged the […]
Senate GOP Blocks Chuck Schumer’s Political Stunt on Bump Stock Ban
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) pushed for a unanimous vote to ban bump stocks in an effort to use Republican opposition to portray Republicans as supporting mass shooters, according to congressional sources. The opposition of just one Republican could block a unanimous vote, and Democrats could use that single Republican vote to argue […]
Chuck Schumer to Force Vote on Bump Stock Ban to Paint GOP as Pro-Murder
According to congressional sources, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) is pushing for a unanimous vote to ban bump stocks in an attempt to use Republican opposition to portray Republicans as supporting mass shooters. The opposition of just one Republican could block a unanimous vote, and Democrats could use that single Republican vote to […]
Senate GOP blocks Democratic effort to ban bump stocks after Supreme Court ruling
Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked Democrats from passing a bump stock ban bill following a Supreme Court ruling that overturned a Trump-era federal ban on bump stocks. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-Minn.), the author of the BUMP bill, called for unanimous approval of the proposal, but Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) blocked it. The move came days […]
Senate GOP to stop Dem attempt to ban bump stocks after SCOTUS reverses Trump-era rule
Republicans are poised to block Democratic attempts Tuesday to force a vote in the Senate on a bump stock ban that would reinstate a federal rule recently struck down by the Supreme Court. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York said Democrats are pushing for a vote on a bill that would ban bump […]
North Carolina House Republicans propose pay bump for teachers in spending fight with Senate
North Carolina House Republicans proposed a state budget amid a spending dispute with their Senate colleagues, advocating larger salary increases for teachers and state employees and increased financial aid to childcare providers. Because negotiations with Senate GOP counterparts have failed to reach a consensus, they are now advancing a bill to adjust the second year […]
Sen. Cotton says banning bump stocks ‘treads close to the line’ of being unconstitutional
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, said Sunday that a Trump-era bill banning bump stocks “is on the verge of violating the Second Amendment” after the Supreme Court overturned the bump stock ban on Friday. “On the legislative issue, I would suggest that we crack down on violent crime and gun crime before we infringe on the […]
Crockett calls Thomas 'corrupt' after Supreme Court decision to upend bump stocks ban
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) blasted Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas as “corrupt” in an MSNBC interview about the court’s recent decision to overturn a Trump-era bump stock ban. Justice Thomas has come under increasing scrutiny for gifts he has received from Republican superdonors, including billionaire Harlan Crow. “You were too nice before,” Crockett said. Said […]