Sentences with phrase «weapons using bump»

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives announced in December that it was reviewing whether weapons using bump stocks should be considered illegal machine guns under federal law.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives announced in December that it was reviewing whether weapons using bump stocks should be considered illegal machine guns under federal law.

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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.

In the wake of the tragic mass shooting in Las Vegas, which left 59 dead and injured hundreds more, Democrats and Republicans in both the House and Senate proposed banning bump stocks — a device the Las Vegas shooter likely used to make his semiautomatic weapon function as a fully automatic one.

So any effort to ban or regulate the sale of bump stocks would not have changed the shooter's ability to access the weapon he used or how he used it.

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.

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

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.

Congress might ban «bump stocks»: Since the Las Vegas shooting in October, there's been bipartisan support to ban a device the shooter used that can make a legal semiautomatic weapon fire more like an illegal fully automatic gun.

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.

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 company said it had never sold bump stocks, like those used by the gunman in October's Las Vegas shooting, that allow semiautomatic weapons to fire more rapidly.

Since we won't be using chicken broth, we need to bump up the flavor and that is where my «secret flavor weapon» comes in.

Two Democratic state senators want a law that specifically outlaws the possession or sale of so - called «bump» stocks that can modify a weapon to have it imitate an automatic rife — the use of which are already banned in New York.

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.

Bump stocks attach to semi-automatic weapons and enable sustained firing by using the force of the weapon's kickback to bounce the firearm against the shooter's trigger finger over and over.

Authorities say the gunman responsible for the massacre, which left 58 people dead and hundreds wounded, used bump stocks to allow his semi-automatic weapons to rain down considerably more bullets on the unsuspecting crowd during the attack.

Nearly two dozen Democratic senators, including Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, introduced a bill Wednesday to ban the sale of military - style assault weapons and bump stock devices like the one used in the Las Vegas massacre, saying it «will begin removing the weapons of war on our streets.»

The relatively inexpensive add - ons became a major gun control issue after the Los Vegas shooter used bump stocks to upgrade his semi-automatic weapons during the October 2017 massacre of 58 concert attendees.

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.

Among the weapons found was an assault - style weapon equipped with an illegal bump stock like the one used in the Las Vegas shooting.

Bump stocks, which can increase the rate of fire on a weapon, came under intense scrutiny after investigators said they believed Stephen Paddock used them to modify weapons used in a mass shooting in Las Vegas last October that killed roughly 60 people and injured hundreds more.

Nearly two dozen Democratic senators, including Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, introduced a bill to ban the sale of military - style assault weapons and bump stock devices like the one used in the Las Vegas massacre, saying it «will begin removing the weapons of war on our streets.»

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.

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, and were used to kill 58 people in Las Vegas last year.

The shooting has reignited a national debate over gun control, with particular attention paid to «bump stocks» — devices used to modify semi-automatic rifles to mimic the speed of 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 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.

The Tikis also use these as weapons to bump into the Kongs while their riding a Rocket Barrel.

The Tikis also use these as weapons to bump into the Kongs while their riding a Rocket Barrel.

Bump stocks, which are used to accelerate gunfire on semi-automatic weapons, should also be banned or subjected to heightened regulation.

The device known as a «bump stock» that was used to make the weapon used in the Vegas Strip shooting fully automatic was not (at time of writing) illegal because it is classified as an attachment, not a modification.

Restrictions on bump stocks, the device that makes semiautomatic weapons more like machine guns, faltered in Washington after they were used in the Las Vegas massacre.

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.

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.

Many of Mast's supporters were stunned by his call for banning assault weapons, including the AR - 15, used in the Stoneman Douglas massacre and many other mass shootings; background checks for anyone buying a firearm; a higher minimum age for buying various categories of guns; and banning of accessories like bump stocks that make firearms perform like automatic weapons.

Efforts in Congress to ban «bump stocks,» devices used in the massacre that allow guns to fire like assault weapons, went nowhere.

President Donald Trump has directed Attorney General Jeff Sessions to propose regulations «very soon» to ban so - called bump stocks that turn semi-automatic rifles into machine gun - style weapons, like those used in the Las Vegas carnage.

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.