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The Supreme Court has refused to hear a challenge to the Trump administration-led ban on bump stocks, which enable shooters to fire hundreds of rounds per minute. A gunman using a bump stock killed 58 people in the Las Vegas shooting of 2017. A group called Gun Owners of America, the self-described “the ‘no compromise’ gun lobby,” was the lead plaintiff in the challenge.

The Court’s refusal to hear the case highlights the relatively minor regulation the bump stock ban represents, especially compared with New Zealand’s more sweeping regulation following the recent mosque shooting.

The Court’s decision also follows a spate of suicides involving those who were impacted by mass shootings. Jeremy Richman, 49, recently died of an apparent suicide. His six-year-old daughter, Avielle, died in the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary school. Richman co-founded the Avielle Foundation, an organization aimed at reducing violent crimes such as the shooting that killed Avielle.

Before Richman’s death last week, two teenage survivors of the Parkland shooting took their own lives. Sydney Aiello, 19, took her own life after struggling with PTSD and survivor’s guilt. She also struggled to succeed in college because she was afraid to be in a classroom. A few days later, a sophomore survivor took his own life. Police have not yet released his name nor confirmed that his suicide was linked to the shooting, though it is hard to imagine the shooting is not related to his death.

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