GOP Senators Block Attempt To Ban Bump Stocks

June 18, 2024 Mass Shootings, Republicans

Senate Republicans blocked Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-N.Y.) attempt to move forward legislation to ban bump stocks, reigniting a pre-election messaging battle over gun control measures.

The Supreme Court’s decision to toss a Trump-era ban on bump stocks has given Schumer an opening to put some of the chamber’s Republicans in the position of defending the gun attachment, which was used in the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.

Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) asked senators for unanimous consent Tuesday afternoon to pass a bill that would ban bump stocks, but Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) objected, thwarting the effort.

Read the full article. Ricketts and his family own the Chicago Cubs. Collectively, they are worth an estimated $4.5 billion.

Heinrich (D-NM) asked unanimous consent for the Senate to pass his bill to ban gun bump stocks in response to SCOTUS overturning it:”As a firearms owner,there’s no legitimate use for a bump stock…But what they are tailored made for is a mass shooting.” Ricketts (R-NE) objected. pic.twitter.com/xvdjv7g2Mg

— Craig Caplan (@CraigCaplan) June 18, 2024