Trump says more must be done to protect children amid gun control tensions

US president Donald Trump has directed the justice department to move to ban devices like the rapid-fire bump stocks used in last year's Las Vegas massacre.

Trump says more must be done to protect children amid gun control tensions

US president Donald Trump has directed the justice department to move to ban devices like the rapid-fire bump stocks used in last year's Las Vegas massacre.

The move comes as a Florida community grieving over the deaths of 17 people in a high school shooting last week demanded tougher gun control.

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