After the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, killed 17
But after 17 people were killed in a school shooting in Parkland, Fla., last week
, there are glimmers of hope for proponents of gun control as President Trump and a few Republicans in Congress have signaled support for limited reforms.
Trump directed the Justice Department Tuesday to develop regulations that would ban bump stocks
, devices that are used to make legal semi-automatic weapons fire similarly to machine guns. The gun accessory drew national attention after last fall’s massacre in Las Vegas
, during which a shooter rigged his weapons with bump stocks before opening fire on a concert in an attack that killed 58 people and injured some 500 more.
Read more: White House, Congress Taking ‘Baby Steps’ on Gun Control | Time
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White House, Congress Taking ‘Baby Steps’ on Gun Control | Time
But after 17 people were killed in a school shooting in Parkland, Fla., last week , there are glimmers of hope for proponents of gun control as President Trump and a few Republicans in Congress have signaled support for limited reforms.
Trump directed the Justice Department Tuesday to develop regulations that would ban bump stocks , devices that are used to make legal semi-automatic weapons fire similarly to machine guns. The gun accessory drew national attention after last fall’s massacre in Las Vegas , during which a shooter rigged his weapons with bump stocks before opening fire on a concert in an attack that killed 58 people and injured some 500 more.
Read more: White House, Congress Taking ‘Baby Steps’ on Gun Control | Time