Trump announces plans for bump stock ban

By Christen Smith

Trump announces plans for a bump stock ban while speaking at the Public Safety Medal of Valor Awards Ceremony in the White House East Room. (Photo: Oliver Contreras/SIPA USA/Newscom)
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he directed the Department of Justice to propose regulations for a bump stock ban.
The announcement comes nearly five months after the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history left 58 dead and more than 500 people wounded on the Las Vegas strip. Federal investigators discovered a dozen rifles modified with bump stocks in the accused gunman’s hotel room last October, spurring a public outcry over the once-obscure modification devices, known for increasing the rate of fire.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives published an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register in December, seeking public comment from manufacturers, retailers and consumers about bump stocks and similar devices. The public comment period closed Jan. 25.
As a result of the ATF process, Trump said he signed a memorandum Tuesday directing Attorney General Jeff Sessions to craft regulations “to ban all devices that turn legal weapons into machine guns.”
“The key in all of these efforts … is that we cannot merely take actions that make us feel like we

Source: Guns.com