Trump Announces His Plan for Bump Stocks
By The Blaze. . .President Trump tweeted about the ban of bump stocks, for which he appeared to blame former President Obama.
Obama Administration legalized bump stocks. BAD IDEA. As I promised, today the Department of Justice will issue the rule banning BUMP STOCKS with a mandated comment period. We will BAN all devices that turn legal weapons into illegal machine guns.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 23, 2018
“Obama Administration legalized bump stocks. BAD IDEA,” the president tweeted. “As I promised, today the Department of Justice will issue the rule banning BUMP STOCKS with a mandated comment period.”
“We will BAN all devices that turn legal weapons into illegal machine guns,” he concluded . . .
Attorney General Jeff Sessions released a statement in support of the president’s announcement about the controversial gun accessory.
The statement read, “today the Department of Justice is publishing for public comment a proposed rulemaking that would define ‘machinegun’ to include bump stock-type devices under federal law—effectively banning them.” (Read more from “Trump Announces His Plan for Bump Stocks” HERE)
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Trump Moves Closer to Banning Bump Fire Stocks
By CNN. President Donald Trump announced on Friday that his administration will issue a new rule banning bump fire stocks, a gun accessory that makes it easier to fire rounds quickly from a semi-automatic weapon, mimicking automatic fire.
The announcement comes a day before large numbers of protesters are expected to descend on Washington, DC for “March for Our Lives,” a rally organized to push for stricter gun laws in the wake of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida last month.
“Obama Administration legalized bump stocks. BAD IDEA. As I promised, today the Department of Justice will issue the rule banning BUMP STOCKS with a mandated comment period,” Trump wrote. “We will BAN all devices that turn legal weapons into illegal machine guns.”
Shortly after Trump’s tweet, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Justice Department would clarify rules that define bump stocks within the definition of “machine gun” under federal law, a move that would ban the sale of such accessories. (Read more from “Trump Moves Closer to Banning Bump Fire Stocks” HERE)
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