‘Bump stocks’ to become illegal this week

Published December 18, 2018 4:42pm ET



The Justice Department announced that it has officially amended Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives regulations to clarify that bump-stock-type devices are “machine guns,” and are thus illegal.

A Justice Department official told the Washington Examiner that acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker signed the rule Tuesday morning, and it should be published and thus official by Friday.

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