Sentences with phrase «into bump stocks»

This is the first time the president has weighed in on the issue, but the Justice Department announced they would look into bump stocks as part of a review process on the legal definition of machine guns following the Las Vegas shooting.

Not exact matches

The debate over these gun accessories first flared up after the shooter in Las Vegas, who fired into a crowd of concertgoers and killed 58, modified a semiautomatic rifle with a bump stock.

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

But bump stocks, like those used by a gunman to kill 58 people and injure hundreds in Las Vegas in October, can modify a semiautomatic weapon into one able to fire shots more frequently.

That could be because following the legal definition of a machine gun, bump stocks don't actually turn guns into machine guns.

BREAKING: Pres. Trump says he's directed AG Sessions to propose regulations to «ban all devices that turn legal weapons into machine guns» like the bump stocks used in the Las Vegas mass shooting (which were not used in last week's Florida school shooting) pic.twitter.com / q3sqcetfCV

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.

After the Las Vegas shooting, which left 58 people dead last October, there appeared to be bipartisan agreement to take some kind of narrow legislative action to ban bump stocks, an accessory that can effectively turn a semiautomatic rifle into a machine gun.

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.

During Saturday's student march for gun control, Parkland shooting survivor Delany Tarr made clear that she and other gun controllers plan to parlay a bump stock ban into numerous other gun controls.

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.

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.

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

It would outlaw the manufacture or possession of bump stocks or trigger cranks which turn rifles into assault - style weapons.

Trump's surprise announcement Tuesday afternoon on bump stocks — or modifications that effectively turn a semi-automatic weapon into an automatic one — is also worth paying close attention to.

New York's Democratic lawmakers and gun - control advocates have won an important new ally in their effort to push a legislative ban of bump stocks, which turn semi-automatic rifles into virtual machine guns: Acting ATF Director Thomas Brandon.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said the Democrat - controlled chamber will take up legislation in the coming weeks that makes it a crime to «sell, possess, manufacture or transport devices» that transform semiautomatic guns into automatics, otherwise known as bump stocks.

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.

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.

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.

A bump fire stock, also known as a bump stock, is a device that effectively turns a semiautomatic weapon into an automatic weapon, also known as a machine gun.

Bills to ban bump stocks were introduced this week after a gunman in Las Vegas is believed to have used the device to fire into a crowd at a concert, killing 58 people.

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.

Several lawmakers argued enacting the law on Oct. 1 would not give owners of bump stocks in Connecticut enough time to learn about the new law and would turn law abiding citizens into felons.

The guns were legally acquired, and so were the devices — called bump stocks — that transformed them into machine guns, even though machine guns are illegal.

Just before leaving office, former NJ Gov. Chris Christie signed a bill into law banning the sale or possession of bump stocks — a firearm accessory believed to be used by the shooter in last year's Las Vegas massacre.

The National Rifle Association, which has poured tens of millions of dollars into Republican campaign coffers, remained mum on the bump stock discussion and could stop it cold.

Three weeks after the deadliest mass shooting in modern history, efforts to ban the gadgets known as bump stocks — which the Las Vegas killer might have used to turn rifles into machines guns — have come to a screeching halt.

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.

Another measure would ban the possession of bump stocks, the devices that convert semi-automatic weapons into virtual machine guns.

Another measure would ban the possession of bump stocks, the devices that convert semi-automatic weapons into virtual machine guns, and were used to kill 58 people in Las Vegas last year.

«Bump stocks played a major role in turning a Las Vegas concert into a tragedy,» Nico Bocour, state legislative director of Giffords, said in an email to supporters.

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.

The House package also included a measure to study bump stocks, the devices that turn rifles into automatic - style weapons and were used in the Las Vegas assault last fall, the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.

A spokeswoman for Collins said in a statement about the demonstration that he «realizes that there is no easy answer to this crisis,» but that «he is supportive of President Trump's commitment to ban bump stocks and improve our nation's background check system to prevent dangerous weapons from getting into the wrong hands.»

GOP senators on Wednesday rejected four bills proposed by Democrats that would strengthen background checks, ban «bump stocks» that turn semiautomatic guns into machine guns, and let courts keep guns away from people at risk of hurting others.

Cuban Fury takes the stock romance plot of a loser guy who bumps into the girl of his dreams and decides to shake off his stilted maturity and win her over.

Additionally, on Friday, the Department of Justice issued the rule to ban bump stocks following through on the President's commitment to ban devices that turn legal weapons into illegal machine guns.»

AMG takes the thoroughly entertaining GT (you can read about the base car here) and bumps its front - mid-engine 4 - liter twin - turbo V8 up to 577 hp; that's 74 more ponies than the stock GT, courtesy of a maximum of 19.6 psi shoved through liquid - to - air intercoolers and into the hand - built, dry - sump engine's cylinders.

It wouldn't be shocking if the stock retraced a few of its steps after staging such a win streak and bumping into resistance, but the recent upswing wouldn't be negated from a technical standpoint until the AEP traded below the early March low (or at least the longer - term trend line).

-- Look back & you'll see quite a few posts (over the last 12 - 18 mths) placing an ever - increasing emphasis on rotating into higher - quality / growth stocks (particularly, despite the recent Trump Bump, if we remain in what seems like a never - ending low - growth low - return environment — secular corporate growth (& quality) should obviously be v highly valued in such a paradigm).

This idea that you are — if you buy only cheap stocks — entitled to getting one and only one multiple expansion «bump» to your returns is something buy and hold investors need drilled into their heads during the last stages of a bull market.

Talks are amidst, with reports suggesting that senators are considering banning bump stocks (the device allowing Paddock to convert his semiautomatic rifles into an automatic fire) and halting the bill which will make it easier for Americans to buy gun silencers; but even though more than one person a day dies due to gun violence in the US [i], Trump quietly revoked Obama's bill and blocked the Social Security Administration from reporting mentally impaired recipients to a national background - check database.

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.

In the weeks since a gunman killed 17 people at a South Florida high school, some Republicans — including, at least briefly, President Trump — have broken ranks with the gun rights group to support modest gun control legislation, such as raising the age limit for buying assault weapons and banning so - called bump stocks, which turn semiautomatic weapons into something close to machine guns.

The House package also included a measure to study bump stocks, the devices that turn rifles into automatic - style weapons and were used in the Las Vegas assault last fall, the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.

-- 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.

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.

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.

Additionally, on Friday, the Department of Justice issued the rule to ban bump stocks following through on the President's commitment to ban devices that turn legal weapons into illegal machine guns.»