“I expect that these critical regulations will be finalized ... very soon.”President Donald Trump announced he has ordered Attorney General Jeff Sessions to take steps to ban bump stocks , the type of gun modification that Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock used to kill 58 people in October. “We look forward to the results of that process as soon as it is duly completed.”Bump stocks are devices that allow a semiautomatic rifle to fire as quickly as a machine gun. Paddock was found to be in possession of more than a dozen assault-style rifles, many outfitted with bump stocks and 100-round magazines. Justice Department officials said in December that they do not believe they could regulate bump stock sales without congressional action, according to The New York Times. A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation to ban bump stocks and other similar accessories in the wake of the Las Vegas shooting, but the measure appeared to have stalled in recent months.

Source: Huffington Post February 20, 2018 21:12 UTC