Sentences with phrase «use of bump stocks»

The closure comes after months of scrutiny caused by the use of a bump stock — an accessory that allows semi-automatic weapons to fire at the rate of an automatic — in the October 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas, the deadliest in modern American history.

And gun rights advocates immediately argued that only legislation could outlaw the use of bump stocks.

Beyond background checks, the president wants to use an executive order to bar the use of bump stock devices that enable guns to fire like automatic weapons.

'' The use of bump stocks is currently illegal in New York, but we would support legislation that builds upon our strongest in the nation gun safety laws and further restricts possession of these deadly killing machines,» says Rich Azzopardi.

State law currently bans the use of bump stocks but does not prevent their sale or possession.

The mayor of Columbia, S.C., says the city council is expected to pass an order Tuesday night that will prohibit the use of bump stocks, Reuters reports.

The use of bump stocks gained national attention after authorities said they found a number of the devices in the hotel room of Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock.

Other municipalities, including Columbia, S.C., passed measures to prohibit the use of bump stocks.

The National Rifle Association (NRA) said Thursday that it opposes legislation to ban the use of bump stocks.

Technically, New York state has banned the use of bump stocks for more than 80 years.

And in any case, the post-Newtown SAFE Act contains several elements that would preclude the use of bump stocks, Azzopardi said.

«The use of the bump stock in Las Vegas allowed a single gunman to kill 58 people and injure more than 500,» he added.

On Tuesday Trump said he'd directed the Department of Justice to review the use of bump stocks and «propose regulations that ban all devices that turn legal weapons into machine guns.»