Sentences with phrase «automatic weapons ban»

That's because, as is all too typical with US gun laws, the automatic weapons ban has some pretty big loopholes.

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saying «obviously we need to look at how we can tighten up the compliance» with existing laws that ban fully automatic weapons.

It backs legislation in Congress that would provide more data to the background check system and calls for a ban on accessories like bump stocks that make firearms function more like automatic weapons.

But in a sign the pressure is beginning to tell in Washington, Trump announced on Tuesday that he had ordered the Justice Department to propose a rule to ban bump fire stocks, the device that allowed the gunman at the Las Vegas massacre in October to fire on concertgoers more rapidly, mimicking automatic weapons fire.

At the time, the bump stock ban seemed narrow enough that Republicans could explain supporting it: Automatic weapons are mostly banned in the United States, and this device is essentially a loophole to that regulation.

In the wake of the tragic mass shooting in Las Vegas, which left 59 dead and injured hundreds more, Democrats and Republicans in both the House and Senate proposed banning bump stocks — a device the Las Vegas shooter likely used to make his semiautomatic weapon function as a fully automatic one.

On Saturday, the Justice Department formally submitted a proposed regulation to ban bump stocks — devices that can turn high - capacity rifles into automatic weapons.

If you know anything about US gun laws, though, this should have at first seemed unlikely — after all, automatic weapons are some of the few guns that are supposed to be banned or, at the very least, strictly regulated in America.

Rubio said he also supported the banning of bump fire stocks, which allow semi-automatic weapons to fire like automatic weapons, and a bolstered background check system.

The measure also would ban the sale of «bump stocks,» which allow semi-automatic rifles to mimic fully automatic weapons.

Meanwhile, President Trump — who was in favor of an assault weapons ban and longer waiting periods before his National Rifle Association - supported presidential campaign — ordered the Justice Department to issue regulations banning the bump stocks used to convert semi-automatic guns into automatic weapons.

Congress might ban «bump stocks»: Since the Las Vegas shooting in October, there's been bipartisan support to ban a device the shooter used that can make a legal semiautomatic weapon fire more like an illegal fully automatic gun.

They will also seek a ban on «bump stocks,» which are used to make semiautomatic weapons mimic automatic weapons in rate of fire; more money to harden school campuses; and funding for mental - health initiatives and to provide trained school security officers.

WASHINGTON — President Trump — under pressure from angry, grieving students from a Florida high school where a gunman killed 17 people last week — ordered the Justice Department on Tuesday to issue regulations banning so - called bump stocks, which convert semiautomatic guns into automatic weapons like those used last year in the massacre of concertgoers in Las Vegas.

In the wake of this weekend's deadly mass shooting in Las Vegas, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D - CA) proposed a ban on the «bump stock,» a device that makes semiautomatic weapons function like automatic ones, which are generally banned in the United States.

The Justice Department on Saturday also formally submitted a rule to ban bump stocks, devices that can turn high - capacity rifles into automatic weapons.

Now I will agree with the stand point of banning fully automatic weapons, there is no sense in owning or using a fully automatic weapon.

Bans on hollow point / armor piercing ammo, automatic weapons, CCW?

Lanza is the Senate sponsor of a bill released the week of the Las Vegas shooting that would ban so - called «bump» stocks and other devices that when attached to a semiautomatic weapon mimic automatic fire.

Two Democratic state senators want a law that specifically outlaws the possession or sale of so - called «bump» stocks that can modify a weapon to have it imitate an automatic rife — the use of which are already banned in New York.

President Trump — under pressure from angry, grieving students from a Florida high school where a gunman killed 17 people last week — ordered the Justice Department to issue regulations banning so - called bump stocks, which convert semiautomatic guns into automatic weapons like those used last year in the massacre of concertgoers in Las Vegas.

More than 80 percent of Americans at least somewhat favor a ban on «bump stocks» that make rifles fire much like automatic weapons.

Automatic weapons are banned in the...

The State Police this week pointed to a law that bans the attachment of devices that mimic automatic fire on semi-automatic weapons.

State lawmakers in Albany are making a push to ban the possession and sale of devices like bump stocks that can allow a semi-automatic weapon to fire like an automatic rifle.

This week, Mr. Trump ordered the Justice Department to issue regulations banning so - called bump stocks, which convert semiautomatic guns into automatic weapons like those used last year in the massacre of concertgoers in Las Vegas.

Top congressional Republicans, who have long resisted any limits on guns, signaled they would be open to banning the firearm accessory that the Las Vegas gunman, Stephen Paddock, used to transform his rifles to mimic automatic weapon fire.

Essex County Sheriff Richard Cutting supports banning bump stocks and fully - automatic weapons and conducting full background checks.

«The fact that fully - automatic weapons are already illegal and this makes another weapon capable [of automatic fire], I would be supportive of that,» Johnson said when asked Wednesday about legislation that would ban bump stocks.

The new law expanded the ban on automatic weapons and big ammunition magazines and requires background checks for private gun sales, changes that are an improvement to public safety.

WASHINGTON — President Trump — under pressure from angry, grieving students from a Florida high school where a gunman killed 17 people last week — ordered the Justice Department on Tuesday to issue regulations banning so - called bump stocks, which convert semiautomatic guns into automatic weapons like those used last year in the massacre of concertgoers in Las Vegas.

Banning 10 round magazines was designed to make all semi automatic weapons illegal in NYS.

A ban on assault - style weapons, high - capacity ammunition clips, and products that modify semi-automatic firearms to enable them to function like automatic firearms.

In addition to the waiting period, the new law includes raising the minimum age for gun purchasers from 18 to 21 and a ban on bump stocks — an add - on that can allow a semi-automatic weapon to fire like an automatic weapon with a single pull of the trigger.

For 83 years there has been a strict ban on the ownership of fully automatic weapons by American civilians.

In Annapolis Wednesday, legislative committees held a hearing on a proposal to expand that ban to include so - called bump stocks and other accessories that turn semi-automatic weapons into automatic weapons.

Like the new law, Martinez's amendment also called for banning «bump stocks,» devices that allow semi-automatic weapons to mimic automatic guns.

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.

Instead, there was a more nuanced discussion about banning a device few had even heard of before the Las Vegas rampage: bump fire stocks, also known as bump stocks, a small attachment that when placed on a semiautomatic weapon allows the gun to fire more like an automatic weapon — extracting even more carnage.

State lawmakers this year are considering a ban on bump stocks, which turn semi-automatic weapons into automatic weapons, among other measures.

The commission lacked the 10 - member quorum to take action on the proposals, which included banning assault rifles, banning high - capacity magazines, banning the sale of devices to turn an semi-automatic weapon into an automatic one and banning gun shows on county - owned property.

Many of Mast's supporters were stunned by his call for banning assault weapons, including the AR - 15, used in the Stoneman Douglas massacre and many other mass shootings; background checks for anyone buying a firearm; a higher minimum age for buying various categories of guns; and banning of accessories like bump stocks that make firearms perform like automatic weapons.

He called for several other changes, including banning accessories that make firearms perform like automatic weapons, increasing the age for buying various categories of firearms, and preventing people who have been detained for mental illness or ordered to get treatment from buying firearms.

In addition, the law bans the sale and possession of bump stocks, which enable semi-automatic rifles to mimic automatic weapons.

The ban on bump stocks, which make semi-automatic weapons mimic fully automatic firearms, was included in a law passed this month in response to the Feb. 14 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland that left 14 students and three staff members dead and 17 injured.