US Justice Department proposes rapid-fire bump stock ban

The Trump administration is proposing banning bump stocks, which allow guns to mimic fully automatic fire and were used in last year's Las Vegas massacre.

US Justice Department proposes rapid-fire bump stock ban

The Trump administration is proposing banning bump stocks, which allow guns to mimic fully automatic fire and were used in last year's Las Vegas massacre.

The Justice Department's regulation would classify the device as a machine gun prohibited under federal law.

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