Dianne Feinstein proposes ban of ‘bump stock’ gun modifications

The National Rifle Association on Thursday called for additional regulations on the device that allowed the Las Vegas shooter have the semi-automatic guns used in the worst mass shooting in USA history to function as fully automatic weapons. As for those bump fire stocks that Congress may ban, retailers are selling out of them.

The Slide Fire is an example of a “bump stock,” the sort of stock apparently used by the shooter in the massacre in Las Vegas on Sunday night.

Trump himself has yet to weigh in on the potential Republican measure, or a bill introduced on Wednesday by Sen.

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) also came out in support of regulation for bump stocks on Thursday.

“It’s a bit of a novelty item”, said Jim Lentz, co-owner of Premier Shooting and Training Center in West Chester.

Calesa said the store began receiving calls from customers about bump stocks on Tuesday. The Senate’s Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley has said he’d need a full investigation into what happened in Las Vegas before holding any hearing.

Not surprisingly, some Democratic members of Congress already are mounting a legislative effort to ban bump stocks. “That means merely regulating bump stocks wouldn’t have necessarily prevented the gunman from outfitting his weapons as he did”, Feinstein said in her statement. “These stocks have lately become the most transgressive, showy gear in a market comprised nearly exclusively of transgressive, showy gear”.

“There are at least a dozen ways to make a semi-automatic firearm more quickly”, he said. “That’s – we’re all just beginning to go through that analysis”, he said. “However, I believe that there are other issues that need to be looked at, that is much bigger than a simple law that we could pass that may or, may not make a difference”.

Silence after a mass shooting is typical for the NRA. Machine guns and fully automatic rifles are really hard for civilians to legally own in the U.S. They’ve been tightly regulated since the 1930s. The National Rifle Association surprisingly supports tighter restrictions on modification kits like bump stocks. Mr. Schumer asked on the Senate floor.

The statement was issued as lawmakers consider the possibility of banning the devices.

The NRA knows that its cause is best served when guns are simply not a topic of debate for Congress or the country.

A bump stock is a piece of plastic or metal molded to the lower end of a rifle.

But GOP lawmakers say they’re not going to take action now.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi wants a vote on another bipartisan bill that would extend the background checks to all commercial firearm sales, including sales at gun shows and over the internet. “We haven’t gotten that far down the road”, as the Washington Examiner noted.

Mr. Trump made protecting gun rights a mainstay of his presidential campaign and won an early endorsement from the NRA.

Make no mistake: This move on bump stocks is an attempt by the NRA to stop a broad public debate on guns before it really begins in earnest.

“We’ve definitely seen an increase in phone calls of people asking if we have bump stocks or asking how they work, or what the deal is”, Sternisha said. Moreover, Rick Vasquez, former acting chief of the Firearms Technology Branch of the ATF, told USA Today that bump stocks were legalized because they are “an accessory, not a conversion device”. Some, including Sens. Mike Rounds of South Dakota, Lindsey Graham of SC and David Perdue of Georgia, seemed to leave the door open when it came to taking action on the contraptions, according to Politico.