New York leaders blasted a US Supreme Court decision Friday that reversed a ban on bump stocks, the devices favored by mass shooters that effectively turn semiautomatic weapons into machine guns.
New York leaders blasted a US Supreme Court decision Friday that reversed a ban on bump stocks, the devices favored by mass shooters that effectively turn semiautomatic weapons into machine guns.
The 6-3 ruling by the nation’s top court overturned a Trump-era federal prohibition.
New York City’s local ban on the rapid-fire device will remain in effect, Mayor Eric Adams said.
But Adams said in a statement, “While these devices remain illegal in New York City, this decision — and the legacy of this Supreme Court — makes our country less safe.”
Bump stocks have been put to deadly use in mass shootings such as the 2017 slaughter that killed 58 people at a Las Vegas country music festival.
