NRA: ‘We don’t believe bans have every worked’ about bump stocks (VIDEO)

By Daniel Terrill

The National Rifle Association continued to say federal regulators should “do its job” about bump fire stocks, implying the item should be restricted, but stopped short of supporting a legislative ban.
NRA’s leadership — head lobbyist Chris Cox and chief executive officer Wayne LaPierre — hit the Sunday morning political shows to clarify points made earlier in the week, which garnered mixed reactions from NRA supporters and other gun rights organizations.
Their responses were largely intertwined with comments on the motives of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, whose proposal to ban bump stocks has gained bipartisan support, calling out hypocrisy of “elites” and blaming former President Obama.

On Face The Nation, LaPierre responded to the direct question asking if the NRA support’s legislation to ban specifically bump stocks, saying: “It’s illegal to convert a semiautomatic to a fully automatic. ATF needs to do its job. They need to look at this and do its job.”
Host John Dickerson clarified that ATF ruled based on the letter of the law, so the proposal would update the regulation, LaPierre said: “No, we think ATF ought to do its job, look at this, and draw a bright line.”
The ATF on at least two occassions approved the bump stock design,

Source: Guns.com