WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump says his administration will “BAN” bump stock devices that “turn legal weapons into illegal machines.”
The Justice Department announced Friday that it has started the process to amend federal firearms regulations to clarify that federal law defines bump stocks as machine-guns.
READ MORE: Donald Trump backtracks on gun reform following last month’s Florida shooting
Get daily National news
Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you'll never miss the day's top stories.
By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy.
Trump had ordered Justice to work toward a ban after the Florida high school shooting. Bump stocks enable guns to fire like automatic weapons, and were used in last year’s Las Vegas massacre.
- Manitoba’s first supervised consumption site to fully open Aug. 11
- Ford government chastises Carney government for giving into ‘fringe group’ over island airport expansion
- LeBlanc heads to U.S. to talk tariffs as Trump casts more doubt on CUSMA
- U.S. walks out on UN meeting following France’s human rights criticism
The government determined in 2010 that bump stocks couldn’t be regulated unless Congress changed the law.
Comments
Want to discuss? Please read our Commenting Policy first.