The Trump Administration Will Look Into Banning Bump Stocks
President Trump directed Attorney General Jeff Sessions to craft regulations banning bump stocks “very soon ” while the White House says it is keeping all options open on gun control.
In the first daily briefing since a Florida school shooting left 17 people dead  White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said that the Trump Administration has not put together a concrete plan.
Still  Sanders did offer a few policy and regulation areas that  President Trump  will look at in the coming weeks to try to untangle the problem of mass shootings in America.
“I can tell you that  the president  supports not having the use of bump stocks and that we expect further action on that in the coming days ” Sanders said Tuesday. The national spotlight turned to bump stocks—accessories that increase the rate of fire on semi-automatic weapons— in the wake of last fall’s Las Vegas shooting that took the lives of more than 50 people. Sanders said  Trump  a Justice Department and ATF review the regulation of bump stocks has been completed since then  and  she  expects “movement will take place on that shortly.”
“Today  I am directing the Department of Justice to dedicate all available resources to complete the review of the comments received  and  as expeditiously as possible  to propose for notice and comment a rule banning all devices that turn legal weapons into machine-guns ”  Trump  said in a memo.
Since the shooting   Trump  has spoken more about mental illness as a cause of these events than gun laws. Sanders said Tuesday that the president is “very focused” on the issue  and that the White House is “working hand in hand with both the federal government as well as state and local law enforcement officials on what we legally can do” to address mental health and gun ownership.
Trump is scheduled to hold a listening session on Wednesday with parents  teachers and students who experienced the Parkland shooting or live nearby. “This is a listening session to see what could be done better  what the actual concerns of the students are  what they would like to see ” said Sanders. “One of the things the president wants to do is make sure that he sits down with a number of people from across all fronts.”
President Trump directed Attorney General Jeff Sessions to craft regulations banning bump stocks “very soon ” while the White House says it is keeping all options open on gun control.
In the first daily briefing since a Florida school shooting left 17 people dead  White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said that the Trump Administration has not put together a concrete plan.
Still  Sanders did offer a few policy and regulation areas that  President Trump  will look at in the coming weeks to try to untangle the problem of mass shootings in America.
“I can tell you that  the president  supports not having the use of bump stocks and that we expect further action on that in the coming days ” Sanders said Tuesday. The national spotlight turned to bump stocks—accessories that increase the rate of fire on semi-automatic weapons— in the wake of last fall’s Las Vegas shooting that took the lives of more than 50 people. Sanders said  [TGT] review the regulation of bump stocks has been completed since then  and  she  expects “movement will take place on that shortly.”
“Today  I am directing the Department of Justice to dedicate all available resources to complete the review of the comments received  and  as expeditiously as possible  to propose for notice and comment a rule banning all devices that turn legal weapons into machine-guns ”  [TGT]said in a memo.
Since the shooting   [TGT]has spoken more about mental illness as a cause of these events than gun laws. Sanders said Tuesday that the president is “very focused” on the issue  and that the White House is “working hand in hand with both the federal government as well as state and local law enforcement officials on what we legally can do” to address mental health and gun ownership.
[TGT] is scheduled to hold a listening session on Wednesday with parents  teachers and students who experienced the Parkland shooting or live nearby. “This is a listening session to see what could be done better  what the actual concerns of the students are  what they would like to see ” said Sanders. “One of the things the president wants to do is make sure that he sits down with a number of people from across all fronts.”