Sentences with phrase «law on bump stocks»

The bureau met with lawmakers again on Friday to reiterate yet again that Congress needs to pass a law on bump stocks before the ATF can enforce it.

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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.

The law imposes new restrictions on firearm purchases and the possession of «bump stocks,» funds more school police officers and mental health services, broadens law enforcement's power to seize weapons, and allows certain staff members to carry guns in schools.

Law enforcement officials confirmed on Tuesday that 12 of the rifles in Paddock's hotel room were outfitted with a device called a «bump stock,» which enables semi-automatic weapons to shoot rapid fire, like a machine gun.

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.

In the wake of the Florida school massacre, the Democrats will tack on bills that have been stonewalled in committees — including banning bump stocks plus beefing up background checks and a law that allows courts to take away a disturbed person's guns — to unrelated legislation already up for votes.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

WASHINGTON — The head of the National Rifle Association on Sunday wouldn't commit to a new law banning bump stocks in the wake of the Las Vegas massacre.

Under currently law, bump stocks are illegal to attach but there was no restriction on possession or sale of the device.

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.

The bill bans «bump stocks,» which allow semi-automatic weapons to fire more rapidly; imposes a three - day waiting period on all gun sales; and increases the minimum age to buy a rifle from 18 to 21, with exceptions for military and law - enforcement members.

Most of the law takes effect immediately, although the ban on the sale and possession of bump stocks kicks in on Oct. 1, 2018, to give people who currently own them time to get rid of them.

Republican U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, who's running for Florida governor as a champion of gun rights, went on Fox News late Friday night to criticize the law, which raises the minimum age to buy rifles from 18 to 21; extends a three - day waiting period for handgun purchases to include long guns; and bans bump stocks, which allow guns to mimic fully automatic fire.

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.