Democrats take aim at bump stocks as GOP pans 'political exercise'

Senate Democrats are making a push this week to ban bump stocks after the Supreme Court overturned a Trump-era federal rule that banned the device, which allows semiautomatic weapons to fire off hundreds of rounds per minute.

The effort will come to a head Tuesday when Democrats plan to attempt to pass legislation that would ban bump stocks via unanimous consent, which Republicans are widely expected to block.

Despite the appetite among Democrats for action, they widely believe...