Supreme Court leaves in place Trump ban on bump stocks

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a bid by gun rights advocates to overturn a federal ban on bump stocks, devices which allow semi-automatic rifles to fire ammunition more rapidly.

The Trump administration outlawed the devices following the 2017 Las Vegas shooting in which a gunman used the rapid-fire accessory to carry out a massacre that killed 58 people and wounded hundreds in the deadliest shooting in U.S. history.

The administration faced swift legal challenges from gun owners and Second Amendment advocates after it began to...