Sentences with phrase «ban on bump»

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.

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

Establishes a ban on bump stocks, a piece of equipment that make semi-automatic weapons fire faster

The teenager then proceeded to interrupt Loesch with her original question, to which the NRA spokeswoman repeated the organization's stance, which was to be open to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives considering a ban on bump stocks.

Those include a ban on bump stocks that turn semi-automatic rifles into machine gun - style weapons and a limit on high - capacity magazine clips.

-- Trump issues gun - control order: President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered the Justice Department to propose a ban on bump stocks and other devices that can turn a semiautomatic firearm into an automatic one.

«I came to open dialogue,» Ciabottonia said, adding that calling for a ban on bump stocks was reactionary.

Rep. Ryan Costello of Pennsylvania said he supports a ban on bump stocks, whether it's done through legislation or a change in federal regulations.

Common ground is how we were able to achieve the STOP School Violence Act, improvements to our background check system, propelling CDC studies on gun violence and now, a ban on bump stocks.

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.

Katko said he has already decided to support two other initiatives: A federal ban on bump stocks, devices that enable a semiautomatic rifle to fire faster; and a bill in Congress aimed at strengthening the National Instant Background Check System, or NICS.

The Department of Justice issued a ban on bump stocks Friday as a response to the gun - control groundswell.

Rep. Ryan Costello of Pennsylvania said he supports a ban on bump stocks, whether it's done through legislation or a change in federal regulations.

It also includes a three - day waiting period for gun purchases, a ban on bump stocks, and allows law enforcement to seize weapons from a person deemed mentally ill and will likely pose a threat.

Another section of the resolution links New York's strict gun laws to the state's low rates of gun crime, while criticizing some state senators who have voted against «common sense» gun laws like a ban on bump stocks, improved background checks and state funding for research on gun violence.

This is not to say that a ban on bump stocks — a niche product though it is — wouldn't represent a modicum of progress in the right direction.

WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartock discusses growing tensions between President Trump and Senate Republicans, the NRA's take on a possible ban on bump stocks, Trump's rollback of birth control access for women, and the controversy of Columbus Day.

The bills include «extreme risk» protective orders against people who have guns, a ban on bump stocks and an expansion of background checks.

Attendees said they wanted to see a ban on bump stocks and that special interest groups are preventing new gun laws from being passed

It includes things like a ban on bump stocks and raising the minimum age to 21 for a person to buy any firearm.

Dubbed the «Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act,» or SB 7026, the sweeping proposal provides for stricter gun control laws, including a three - day waiting period to buy any firearm, and a new age limit — 21 (up from 18)-- for firearms purchases, along with an all - out ban on bump stocks.

Americans want stronger background checks, a ban on bump stocks and assurances that military - style weapons will stop finding their way into the hands of terrorists, domestic abusers and the mentally ill.

ALBANY — State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie on Monday called for a complete ban on bump stock devices in New York.

Some of the bills passed this year that he mentioned include a state ban on bump stocks, reform of the state's parole system, gender parity in pay and fairness for victims of sexual assault.

Among the bills popular with the Democrats» liberal base that won passage this year was a ban on bump stocks, add - on devices that allow semi-automatic rifles to shoot at near full - automatic speed; a bill enshrining the women's health care provisions of the Affordable Care Act into state law; and a measure that prohibits employers from asking job candidates about their salary history.

On Capitol Hill, support appeared to grow for a ban on the bump stock devices, either through regulation or legislation, as Republicans — who for decades have rejected any form of gun restrictions — began increasingly to speak out.

He also declared his support for background checks on all gun purchases, a ban on bump - stocks, and a ban on firearm purchases by those who have been declared mentally ill.

Now, as awareness around mass shootings and gun violence rises again, Feinstein has brought up another ban on the bump stocks themselves.

After that massacre, the N.R.A. said it supported a national ban on bump stocks, an extremely rare gun control endorsement by the group.

«A real leader would have gotten Congress to pass a ban on bump stocks after the horror of Las Vegas, the worst mass shooting in modern American history,» Ambler said.

Republican Sen. John Bonacic in an interview Tuesday said he would be open to considering specific gun control legislation such as bans on bump stocks and extending the waiting period to purchase a gun so a more extensive background check is conducted.

In Albany, lawmakers have been debating a variety of measures that seek to reduce gun violence or bolster school security, ranging from bans on bump stocks supported by Democrats and some Republicans to GOP - led efforts to expand school resource officers at schools in New York.

Upstate Sen. John Bonacic said he would be willing to consider bans on bump stocks and extending the waiting period to purchase a gun so a more extensive background check is conducted.

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President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he had directed the Justice Department to propose a ban on devices that modify guns, such as so - called bump stocks, which increase the rate of fire of semiautomatic firearms.

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.

Scott also said Friday that he supported a ban on «bump stock» devices, which accelerate semiautomatic rifles» rate of gunfire and were used in last year's shooting in Las Vegas.

The company also called on lawmakers to pass «common sense gun reform,» including the banning of assault rifles, high - capacity magazines, and bump stocks, enact universal background checks, and more.

On Tuesday, President Trump ordered the Justice Department to issue regulations that would ban bump stocks, after pressure to do more to curtail access to deadly weapons following the Florida shooting.

While Nikolas Cruz — who shot and killed 17 students and faculty at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. on Feb. 14 — did not use a bump stock, calls to ban or regulate the attachments have resurfaced in the wake of the school shooting.

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.

On Tuesday, President Trump ordered Attorney General Jeff Sessions to propose regulations that would ban bump stocks, accessories that increase the firing rates of semi-automatic weapons.

The company is also pressing the government to enact gun - reform measures, including a ban on assault - style weapons, high - capacity magazines and bump stocks; raising the minimum age to 21 for gun purchasing; universal background checks that include scrutiny of mental - health information and previous run - ins with the law; and an end to the background - check loophole for gun show and private sales.

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

President Trump appeared to take a tiny step toward the narrowest possible gun control measures on Tuesday, saying that he signed a memo directing Attorney General Jeff Sessions to propose a rule banning some devices, such as bump stocks, which he said can turn otherwise legal guns into machine guns.

There has been some question about whether the ATF, which is part of the Justice Department, actually has the authority to ban bump stocks on its own.

But the Justice Department said in December that it can't ban bump stocks on its own, and an attempt to ban them in the Senate has gone nowhere.

But there's a wrinkle in Trump's direction: The ATF, which is part of the Department of Justice, isn't sure that it can ban bump stocks on its own.

On Friday President Trump tweeted a reminder that he is determined to «ban all devices that turn legal weapons into illegal guns,» like bump stocks.

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.