bump stock
noun
plural bump stocks
: a replacement stock for a semiautomatic rifle that enables it to fire much more rapidly
A bump stock lets a gun's stock, which rests against the shoulder, slide backward and forward, letting users take advantage of the gun's recoil to fire rapidly.—
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That includes bump stocks, which were briefly banned federally after they were used in the 2017 Las Vegas shooting, America’s deadliest mass shooting.
—Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 2 Mar. 2025
Senate and House Republicans have proposed repealing a 2018 state law that banned bump stocks, which are devices that make semi-automatic weapons mimic fully automatic firearms.
—News Service Of Florida, Sun Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2025
During his first term, Trump banned bump stocks, which allow rifles to fire like machine guns, following the Las Vegas shootings in 2017 that killed 60 people, Frost noted.
—Steven Lemongello, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2025
The measure would also ban rapid-fire trigger activators and bump stocks, which are components that increase the fire rate of semiautomatic rifles and were infamously used in America’s deadliest mass shooting, in Las Vegas in 2017.
—Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 3 Jan. 2025
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Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 2 Mar. 2025
Senate and House Republicans have proposed repealing a 2018 state law that banned bump stocks, which are devices that make semi-automatic weapons mimic fully automatic firearms.
—News Service Of Florida, Sun Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2025
During his first term, Trump banned bump stocks, which allow rifles to fire like machine guns, following the Las Vegas shootings in 2017 that killed 60 people, Frost noted.
—Steven Lemongello, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2025
The measure would also ban rapid-fire trigger activators and bump stocks, which are components that increase the fire rate of semiautomatic rifles and were infamously used in America’s deadliest mass shooting, in Las Vegas in 2017.
—Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Bump stock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bump%20stock. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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