Republican Senators Seek Review of Rapid-Fire Gun Devices
- Nine GOP lawmakers ask Trump administration to examine issue
- Obama administration alowed sale of ‘bump stocks,’ they say
A bump stock installed on an AR-15 rifle in Chantilly, Virginia, on Oct. 6, 2017.
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Nine Republican senators on Friday asked the Trump administration to review a decision that allowed the sale of devices that turn a semiautomatic weapon into essentially a fully automatic firearm.
The lawmakers, including the No. 2 Senate Republican, John Cornyn of Texas, wrote a letter to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives asking for the agency to examine an Obama administration decision allowing the sale of “bump stock” devices, which allow more rapid firing, and issue its own interpretation.