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Gun rights groups ask Supreme Court to halt bump stock ban

This Oct. 4, 2017 file photo, shows a "bump stock" attached to a semi-automatic rifle at a gun store and shooting range in Utah. (Rick Bowmer/AP File)
This Oct. 4, 2017 file photo, shows a "bump stock" attached to a semi-automatic rifle at a gun store and shooting range in Utah. (Rick Bowmer/AP File)
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March 25, 2019 - 4:04 pm
 
Updated March 25, 2019 - 4:44 pm

WASHINGTON — Gun rights groups are asking the Supreme Court to stop the Trump administration from beginning to enforce its ban on bump stock devices, which allow semi-automatic weapons to fire like machine guns.

The groups asked the court Monday to get involved in the issue and keep the government from beginning to enforce the ban for now. The ban set to go into effect Tuesday has put the Trump administration in the unusual position of arguing against gun rights groups. It’s unclear how quickly the court will act.

President Donald Trump said last year that the government would move to ban bump stocks. The action followed a 2017 shooting in Las Vegas in which a gunman attached bump stocks to assault-style rifles he used to shoot concertgoers. Fifty-eight people were killed.

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