"Apparently this allows you to take a semi-automatic and turn it into a fully automatic. Ryan told MSNBC on Thursday that he only recently learned about bump stocks despite being an avid hunter. "Entirely premature to be discussing about legislative solutions, if any."īut some top-ranking Republicans, including House Speaker Paul Ryan, said they are willing to look at a narrow bill targeting bump stocks. "It's particularly inappropriate to politicize an event like this," McConnell told reporters on Tuesday.
With Republicans in charge of both houses, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday dismissing any kind of gun legislation at the moment, the bills face an uphill battle. "The only reason to fire so many rounds so fast is to kill large numbers of people."įeinstein's bill has 24 cosponsors, and a companion bill in the House has nearly 100 cosponsors, but only Democrats have signed on so far. "Automatic weapons have been illegal for more than 30 years, but there's a loophole in the law that can be exploited to allow killers to fire at rates of between 400 and 800 rounds per minute," said Sen. But bump stock devices, available for about $200 to 350 in most states, can easily make legal guns mimic the functionality of a machine gun. Twelve "bump stock" devices were attached to firearms found in Stephen Paddock's Mandalay Bay hotel suite where he took aim at a crowd of concertgoers Sunday night, killing 58 people and injuring more than 500 others.Īutomatic weapons, only legal if made before 1986, are heavily regulated by the federal government, requiring approval and registration with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Democrats in both the House and Senate unveiled new legislation Wednesday to ban the inexpensive device used by the Las Vegas gunman to rapidly fire semi-automatic rifles like machine guns in the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history.
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