After Las Vegas Mass Shooting, Gun Sales Soar
There’s no limit on the number of guns a person can buy at one time.
Details continue to emerge from the deadliest mass shooting in modern USA history while experts have already commented on what types of weapons were used. “These are sick and demented people who were in the sights of Scotland Yard”.
“That bill is not scheduled right now”.
James Carouso, the acting United States ambassador to Australia, admitted his country could learn from Australia when it comes to gun policy.
“What Congress can do – what Congress must do – is pass laws that keep our citizens safe”, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of NY said on the Senate floor. The bump stock is attached to a weapon, basically replacing the gun’s shoulder rest and hand grip.
The shooting is unlikely to sufficiently shake up well-worn gun politics to produce meaningful changes in the nation’s gun laws, even though public support for more regulation typically spikes after mass shootings.
The president said nothing about the gunman or the circumstances of the attack. Our hearts are with the Nevada community and we mourn for the victims’ families of this mass shooting.
With Republicans in control of Congress and the White House, stricter gun-related legislation is unlikely to be brought up this year.
Instead, Republicans have been pushing a pair of NRA-backed bills to loosen firearms restrictions.
South Carolina GOP Rep. Jeff Duncan, the lead sponsor of the bill, took issue with how people are characterizing the bill, saying, “nothing is silent about it”. Though Sanders did not dismiss a question about the potential for a bipartisan effort on guns, raising the possibility that Trump might be willing to cross the aisle and work with Democratic leaders, the president has proclaimed that if more “good guys” were armed with firearms, there would be fewer gun tragedies. We hope he and other members of Congress listen to the cries from Las Vegas.
“Making the purchase or use of silencers easier is supposed to be good for the ears of the folks who are shooting”, Blumenthal said. Bloomberg recalled Monday in a graph speaks for itself.
Although the country is notorious for its lax gun laws, there are some restrictions on multiple sales of handguns. He says it’s the only acceptable moral course for the country.
“We’ve realized it’s more like water dripping over stone”, Trumble said.
“Suppressors are important devices to reduce hearing damage for shooters – my father suffered from it – as well as to reduce noise at shooting ranges located near residential areas”, McClintock wrote.
When asked, Mr Trump declined to call the attack domestic terrorism.
Country music star Jason Aldean, who was on stage during the last night of the three-day Route 91 Harvest Festival music event where the Las Vegas shooting took place, also took to social media following the atrocity. Convicted felons, teenagers and other people who are legally barred from possession would ordinarily be blocked from purchasing a gun from a gun store because they would fail the background check or lack the permit or license required by some states.
Since the massacre of 20 first-graders and six educators in Newtown in December 2012, Connecticut’s lawmakers have been on the forefront of the gun safety campaign in Congress.