The sale of bump-stocks, a device which enables regular firearms to fire like machine guns, will be permitted by the Trump administration, NBC News Justice and Intelligence Correspondent Ken Dilanian reported Friday.
“The Trump Administration has decided to permit the sale of devices that enable regular firearms to fire like machine guns, a move that one person familiar with the matter said was ‘by far the most dangerous thing this administration has done ’ on gun policy,” Dilanian said.
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The more than 600-word post went on to say, “There have been several lawsuits over the forced reset triggers ban, and lower court judges had issued rulings that came down on both sides of the question. Assuming the Fifth Circuit ruled against the ban, the issue likely would have ended up in front of the Supreme Court. But now the Trump administration is abandoning the effort to restrict the devices.”
The Justice Department declined to comment. NBC's report stated, “The Trump Administration has celebrated its protection of gun rights.”
Last year, the Supreme Court ruled by a 6-3 margin that banning the sale of bump stocks was unlawful.
