Posted October 6, 2017 2:30 pm by Comments

By Daniel Terrill

NRA’s chief lobbyist Chris Cox, left, appearing on Tucker Carlson’s show, and CEO Wayne LaPierre on Sean Hannity’s show. (Photo: Fox News/Youtube)
The National Rifle Association’s leadership appeared on Fox News talk shows on Thursday night to reiterate points made in their statement calling for federal regulators to review gun accessories that allow semi-auto firearms to perform like full-auto firearms.
Both NRA lobbying director Chris Cox and executive director Wayne LaPierre stressed that they did not advise for legislation banning such devices, called bump stocks, but rather requested the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to determine whether or not they comply with federal law.
“What we’ve said is ATF needs to do their job. ATF needs to look and if there’s technology that’s come to the market that allow for a semi-automatic rifle to function as a fully-automatic rifle, they need to be regulated differently,” Cox told host Tucker Carlson. “We didn’t talk about banning anything. We talked about ATF going back and reviewing whether or not these are in compliance with federal law.”
LaPierre also explained to conservative host Sean Hannity that the NRA never said “ban” nor did it say “confiscate,” language often used to describe desired results of gun

Source: Guns.com

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