Sentences with phrase «semi-automatic rifles fire»

Scott also supports banning bump stocks, equipment that make semi-automatic rifles fire faster.

Not exact matches

In 1996, a 28 - year - old man walked into a cafe in Port Arthur, Australia, ate lunch, pulled a semi-automatic rifle out of his bag, and opened fire on the crowd, killing 35 people and wounding 23 more.

A former student opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle at a Florida high school Wednesday, killing at least 17 people and sending hundreds of students fleeing into the streets in the nation's deadliest school shooting since a gunman attacked an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut.

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.

As Bloomberg News reports, «YouTube will ban videos that promote or link to websites selling firearms and accessories, including bump stocks, which allow a semi-automatic rifle to fire faster.»

Seventeen people were killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when a 19 - year - old man with a semi-automatic military - style rifle opened fire.

He announced the state will create a new website for students to lobby their state and national electeds on gun control, and also touted a bill working its way through the state legislature that would ban bump stocks — devices that allow semi-automatic rifles to fire at rates comparable to automatic rifles.

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.

The bills also would ban the devices known as bump stocks, which can be used to increase the firing speed of semi-automatic rifles, and require out - of - state residents who also have homes in New York to waive the confidentiality of their home state's mental illness records if they want to own a gun in New York state.

Hoylman said a simple Google search led him to the site of a manufacturer — Slide Fire Solutions — that sold the devices, which allows semi-automatic rifles to mimic machine guns.

Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said at least one of the 23 firearms recovered in Las Vegas was a semi-automatic rifle legally modified to fire like an automatic weapon, using an alteration known as a bump fire stock.

Gillibrand also pushed for legislation to ban assault rifles and anything that accelerates a semi-automatic rifle's rate of fire, like bump stocks.

Bump stocks allow semi-automatic rifles to fire nearly as fast as an automatic rifle.

Logs and reports obtained by The Palm Beach Post portray a disturbed and potentially violent young man who eventually took a semi-automatic AR - 15 rifle to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and fired dozens of shots, killing 14 students and three adults and injuring many others.

On April 20, the anniversary of the Columbine massacre, Kashuv posted on Twitter that he fired a semi-automatic rifle at a gun range with his dad.

Sunday's massacre, in which 29 - year - old Mateen opened fire inside the Pulse nightclub armed with a SIG Sauer MCX semi-automatic rifle and a 9 mm Glock, took hostages, and left over 100 injured or dead, again prompted critics to draw a link between the culture of gaming violence and real life shooting tragedies.

Of course there are assault rifles and shotguns, but how about a rocket launcher with a semi-automatic shotgun type rate of fire?

A simple YouTube search reveals that bump firing a semi-automatic rifle does not require a special aftermarket stock.

This may change in the near future as it is a rare issue, though it is hitting some stone walls (from what I've gathered, it does allow people who suffer from nerve damage to fire a semi-automatic rifle.).

The issue in Stewart was whether Congress» commerce power allowed it to criminalize the possession of a home - made machine - gun Stewart had converted his semi-automatic rifle to fire automatically with parts that had moved through interstate commerce.

Seventeen people were killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when a 19 - year - old man with a semi-automatic military - style rifle opened fire.

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.

Students will returned to class Feb. 28, 2018, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., where authorities say 19 - year - old Nikolas Cruz opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle on Feb. 14, 2018, killing 17 people.

He also proposed strengthening background checks to keep guns out of the hands of mentally ill people and banning bump stocks, a piece of equipment that enables a semi-automatic rifle to fire faster.

PARKLAND, Fla. — A former student opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle at a Florida high school Wednesday, killing at least 17 people and sending hundreds of students fleeing into the streets in the nation's deadliest school shooting since a gunman attacked an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut.

Scott also called for banning bump stocks, an accessory that allows semi-automatic rifles to fire at almost automatic rates.

In the wake of the Las Vegas shooting, Murphy and other lawmakers from both parties pushed to ban bump stocks, the device that allowed the shooter's semi-automatic rifles to mimic the rapid fire of machine guns.

They extend the waiting period to three days before a purchaser can obtain a gun; they ban bump stocks, devices that, when attached to a semi-automatic rifle, let it fire even faster.

Slated for discussion are local bans on assault - style rifles and high - capacity ammunition magazines, both carried by the Douglas High shooter, as well as bump stocks, the accessories used by the gunman in last year's Las Vegas massacre to make his semi-automatic weapons fire like machine guns.