Sentences with phrase «action on bump stocks»

«Ever since the massacre we have called on elected leaders to step up and take action on bump stocks to help reduce gun violence.

Trump told reporters Monday that he is open to taking action on bump stocks without Congress.

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The company is calling on lawmakers to take action on «common sense gun reform,» including measures to address mental health, improve background checks, raise the age to buy a gun, and ban bump stocks and other similar accessories.

On the Senate floor, Democratic Senator Brad Hoylman, who sponsors the bump stock ban, says the state can't wait for federal action.

They represent Moms Demand Action and they coordinated over social media to testify in favor of a bill that would ban bump stocks and place regulations on ghost guns.

Assemblywoman Patricia Fahy, D - Albany, said she'd like to see action on a bill she introduced last week to ban possession, sale and manufacture of bump stocks, devices used in the Las Vegas mass shooting that allow a semi-automatic firearm to fire at a faster rate.

House Speaker Paul Ryan called for regulatory action — not legislation — on bump stocks, the device used by the Las Vegas shooter to convert semi-automatic weapons into automatic firearms, calling that the fastest and most efficient way to address this problem.

WASHINGTON - As a grieving Florida community demanded action on guns, President Donald Trump on Tuesday directed the Justice Department to move to ban devices like the rapid - fire bump stocks used in last year's Las Vegas massacre.

As a grieving Florida community demanded action on guns, President Donald Trump on Tuesday directed the Justice Department to move to ban devices like the rapid - fire bump stocks used in last year's Las Vegas massacre.

Whether it's regulations banning so - called bump stocks, which convert semiautomatic guns into automatic weapons (like those used last year in the Las Vegas), or through background check for all gun sales (closing Florida's gun show loophole allowing firearm sales without background checks) or enacting legislation to keep firearms out the hands of people with mental challenges, enough is enough — it is past time for bipartisan agreement on a course of action to protect our children.

As the grieving Florida students demanded action on guns, President Donald Trump on Tuesday directed the Justice Department to move to ban devices like the rapid - fire bump stocks used in last year's Las Vegas massacre.