Justice Department unveils proposal to outlaw bump stocks

The Justice Department unveiled Friday a proposed regulation to outlaw bump stocks, devices which modify semi-automatic guns to fire at a rate similar to automatic weapons.

“Since the day he took office, President Trump has had no higher priority than the safety of each and every American,” Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in a statement Friday. “That is why 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.”