The closure comes after months of scrutiny caused by the use of a bump stock — an accessory that allows semi-automatic weapons to fire at the rate of an automatic — in the October 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas, the deadliest in modern American history. (fortune.com)
And gun rights advocates immediately argued that only legislation could outlaw the use of bump stocks. (edition.cnn.com)
Beyond background checks, the president wants to use an executive order to bar the use of bump stock devices that enable guns to fire like automatic weapons. (insurancenewsnet.com)