Senate Majority Chief Chuck Schumer (D-NY) stated that Democrats are to go a bump inventory ban, however it will likely be as much as Republicans to provide extra votes.
Schumer responded to the Supreme Courtroom overturning the bump inventory ban by saying:
The far-right Supreme Courtroom continues their unprecedented assault on public security by reversing the commonsense steering issued in 2018 by the ATF. Bump shares have performed a devastating position in most of the horrific mass shootings in our nation, however sadly it’s no shock to see the Supreme Courtroom roll again this crucial public security rule as they push their out of contact excessive agenda. They’re even additional to the precise of Donald Trump.
As I warned the Trump administration on the time, the one strategy to completely shut this loophole is thru laws. Senate Democrats are able to go laws to ban bump shares however we are going to want votes from Senate Republicans.
The far-right and really excessive Supreme Courtroom majority appears hellbent on negating any authorities authority for the general public good. If there was no filibuster rule, Senate Democrats might go a invoice to legislatively ban bump shares, however since we’re in an election 12 months, Senate Republicans will line up in assist of an implement that has no different goal however to make weapons extra lethal by enabling a mass shooter to kill extra folks in a shorter time period.
Democrats are able to act to avoid wasting lives, and it will likely be telling if Republicans refuse to hitch them.
