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Trump: I’ve Directed AG ‘to Propose Regulations to Ban All Devices That Turn Legal Weapons Into Machine Guns’
Trump: I’ve Directed AG ‘to Propose Regulations to Ban All Devices That Turn Legal Weapons Into Machine Guns’ by Ian Hanchett 20 Feb 2018
While speaking on Tuesday, President Trump announced that he signed a memo “directing the attorney general to propose regulations to ban all devices that turn legal weapons into machine guns.”
Trump said, “[A]fter the deadly shooting in Las Vegas, I directed the attorney general to clarify whether certain bump stock devices, like the one used in Las Vegas, are illegal under current law. That process began in December. And just a few moments ago, I signed a memorandum directing the attorney general to propose regulations to ban all devices that turn legal weapons into machine guns. I expect that these critical regulations will be finalized, Jeff, very soon.”
Quote: PzLdr wrote in post #2That's one way to lose your base...for people who will never vote for you, anyway. Bad move, Donald.
yup
Important additional issues are how will machine guns be defined and how will those devices be defined.
All it takes is know how, and a metal file to file down a sear on a semi-auto weapon to make it fully automatic. Are they going to ban all metal files, or just jump to banning semi-autos?