Trump Pretends He Didn’t Issue Ban On Bump Stocks

The Washington Post reports:

Less than six years ago, then-President Donald Trump took on the influential gun lobby after the deadliest massacre in modern U.S. history. He announced that he had told the National Rifle Association that “bump stocks are gone,” arguing they “turn legal weapons into illegal machine guns.”

On Friday, Trump’s campaign to return to the White House defended a Supreme Court decision to strike down his own ban on those devices. Karoline Leavitt, a spokesperson for his campaign, issued a statement Friday saying the court’s decision “should be respected.”

“President Trump has been and always will be a fierce defender of Americans’ Second Amendment rights and he is proud to be endorsed by the NRA,” Leavitt said.

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The Trump campaign’s response to the Supreme Court’s bump stocks decision ignores that Trump admin imposed the ban.

Karoline Leavitt: “President Trump has been and always will be a fierce defender of Americans’ second amendment rights and he is proud to be endorsed by the NRA” pic.twitter.com/V1uvboXrkM

— Michael Gold (@migold) June 14, 2024