Tag: ATF

Feinstein and others have proposed legislation banning any device that speeds up the rate of fire of a semi-automatic weapon. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Dianne Feinstein: ATF won’t regulate ‘bump stocks’

Pete Kasperowicz · October 20, 2017 8:30 pm

In this Oct. 4, 2017, photo, a device called a "bump stock" is attached to a semi-automatic rifle at the Gun Vault store and shooting range in South Jordan, Utah. The National Rifle Association announced its support Ton Oct. 5 for regulating the devices that can effectively convert semi-automatic rifles into fully automated weapons and that were apparently used in the Las Vegas massacre to lethal effect. It was a surprising shift for the leading gun industry group, which in recent years has resolutely opposed any gun regulations. Immediately afterward the White House, too, said it was open to such a change. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

ATF signals it won’t issue new ‘bump stocks’ regulation after Las Vegas

Pete Kasperowicz · October 19, 2017 4:01 am

"I think you have to walk before you run. And I do think this is an important moment," Murphy added. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy is ‘willing to move forward’ with Republicans on a ‘bump stock’ ban

Daniel Chaitin · October 8, 2017 3:24 pm

Republicans from pro-gun states won't have to worry about the wrath of the NRA if bill banning bump stocks comes up for a vote.

Las Vegas shooting may bring first gun control victory in decades

Susan Ferrechio · October 7, 2017 4:01 am

Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock bought 33 guns within the last year. He used "bump stocks" that allow semi-automatic rifles to mimic fully automatic weapons. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

National Security

Republican senators request ATF review legality of ‘bump stocks’

Diana Stancy Correll · October 6, 2017 11:22 pm

Whether the ATF will take up the NRA's request to review bump stocks and spare it from the torturous process of review through Congress remains to be seen. (AP)

Beltway Confidential

NRA leadership faces rank-and-file uprising over ‘bump stocks’ review

Jennifer Kerns · October 6, 2017 10:21 pm

Hardware designed to effectively convert legal weapons into machine guns shouldn't be easily available. (AP Photo/Allen Breed, File)

Treat ‘bump stocks’ like machine guns

Washington Examiner · October 6, 2017 4:01 am

"I think it's a horrible idea, to ask the ATF to contort existing law," Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Second Amendment caucus leader blasts NRA’s ‘horrible’ plan for ‘bump stocks’

Pete Kasperowicz · October 6, 2017 4:01 am

NRA calls for federal review of ‘bump stock’ devices like those used in Las Vegas shooting

Kyle Feldscher · October 5, 2017 6:20 pm

White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said former President Barack Obama's administration was responsible for the regulatory oversight that first made "bump stocks" legal. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Beltway Confidential

Trump White House has a new ‘bump stock’ strategy: Blame Obama

Philip Wegmann · October 5, 2017 1:37 pm

A circuit court judge granted a teachers union a restraining order against Project Veritas, an organization run by conservative activist James O'Keefe, and one of its alleged operatives. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Teachers union granted restraining order against Project Veritas

Melissa Quinn · September 30, 2017 3:18 pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions pledged months ago to bring back "law and order" to the nation under President Trump and one of the largest police organizations in the nation is so far happy with what he's done.

Police union ready for Jeff Sessions to keep moving forward with Trump campaign promises

Kelly Cohen · September 4, 2017 4:01 am