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2024-06-20 01:24:28 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: D189D8BADEBC2EE81EAE19ACC6BD02F2A0AD2CC87B4492A6F0EF60FBD13947B5
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On February 20, 2018, President Trump issued a memorandum classifying weapons with bump stocks as "machineguns" and are therefore illegal. On June 14, the Supreme Court struck down the regulation because the weapon trigger must still be actuated for every shot. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-announces-bump-stock-type-devices-final-rule https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/14/politics/supreme-court-bump-stocks/index.html#:~:text=Supreme%20Court%20strikes%20down%20Trump%2Dera%20ban%20on%20bump%20stocks%20on%20guns&text=The%20Supreme%20Court%20on%20Friday,for%20a%206%2D3%20court.
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