The Supreme Court announced on Friday that they will review a Trump-era ban on bump stocks, a device that can convert a semi-automatic weapon into a machine gun by firing multiple rounds with a single pull of the trigger. This decision marks the second major gun case the court has taken up this term, as reported by NPR.

The ban on bump stocks was enacted by the Trump administration in 2018, following a tragic mass shooting in Las Vegas. During the incident, the shooter utilized bump stocks on 14 firearms, firing upon a music festival and resulting in the loss of 60 lives with over 400 individuals injured in less than 10 minutes. This event prompted the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) to reclassify bump stocks as illegal, as they found that a single pull of the finger can cause the firing of multiple rounds, effectively transforming legal firearms such as the semi-automatic AR-15 into illegal machine guns.

The ban officially went into effect in 2019 after the Supreme Court declined to block it. However, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling in January of this year, with a 13-to-3 majority vote, stating that the classification of bump stocks as illegal was itself unlawful.

The court's decision to review the ban, despite previously leaving it in place back in 2019, comes 16 months after a notable and precedent-setting decision on gun rights by the court's conservative majority. Notably, both the government and various gun rights groups have called for the Supreme Court to hear this case.

The upcoming review by the Supreme Court will have significant implications for the regulation of firearms and the interpretation of Second Amendment rights in the United States. It remains to be seen how the court will rule on this contentious issue and what the impact will be on the legality of bump stocks moving forward.

Gun control advocates and gun rights activists alike are closely watching this case, as its outcome will undoubtedly shape the future of firearm regulations in the country. The court's decision is expected to be handed down in the coming months, prompting further debate and discussion on the highly divisive issue of gun control in the United States.