Washington (CNN) The Supreme Court denied a request Thursday to put the Trump administration's rule banning bump stocks on hold while legal challenges play out in lower courts.

The court issued a one sentence order on the ban -- which went into effect Tuesday -- with no noted dissents.

A bump stock is an attachment that essentially allows shooters to fire semiautomatic rifles continuously with one pull of the trigger.

The Justice Department issued a rule in December interpreting an existing prohibition against fully automatic weapons to also cover the attachment.

Owners were given 90 days to turn in or destroy them, and that period ended Tuesday.

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