The nine Supreme Court justices appeared divided Wednesday over whether to nix a ban on bump stocks — attachments to enhance the firing pace of semi-automatic rifles — implemented by former President Donald Trump. The 45th president’s administration banned the devices following the Oct. 1, 2017, mass shooting at a country music festival in Las Vegas that killed 60 people and wounded hundreds more. Investigators found that the gunman employed weapons equipped with bump stocks and high-capacity magazines to fire more than 1,000 rounds in 11 minutes. Michael Cargill, a Texas gun store owner, challenged the ban, and three separate appeals courts have issued different rulings on whether the regulation should stand. Wednesday’s argument turned on whether guns with a bump stock can be considered illegal machine guns under federal law, with Biden’s Justice Department saying they could and attorneys for Cargill saying the attachments did not change the weapons’ core function enough to make them illegal. Read more at https://nypost.com/2024/02/28/us-news/supreme-court-seems-to-split-on-ideological-lines-in-challenge-to-trump-era-bump-stock-ban/ #supremecourt #guns #bumpstock The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news about New York, sports, business, entertainment, opinion, real estate, culture, fashion, and more. Subscribe to New York Post Sports: https://www.youtube.com/c/nypostsports Catch the latest news here: https://nypost.com/ Follow The New York Post on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/nypost Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/NYPost