INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Tuesday banned the high-power gun attachments of the type used in last year's Las Vegas shooting massacre of 58 people, giving the owners of
"bump stocks" 90 days to turn in or destroy the devices and blocking owners from being able to register them.President Donald Trump's
Second Amendment guaranteeing Americans the right to bear arms.His administration, though, is sidestepping any potential debate in Congress
in issuing a final rule on Tuesday that adds bump stocks to a definition of machine guns written 80 years ago, during the heyday of
gangsters' use of "tommy guns."The attachments use a gun's recoil to bump its trigger, enabling a semiautomatic weapon to fire hundreds of
rounds per minute, which can transform the firearm into a machine gun.A bump fire stock that attaches to a semi-automatic rifle to increase
the firing rateThe Justice Department's regulation follows the lead of many states and retailers that imposed stricter limits on sales of
guns and accessories after a deadly shooting in February at a Florida high school.Gun Owners of America said on Tuesday that it was going to
court to fight the new rule and would seek an injunction
The group said the department was attempting to rewrite laws, the regulation would lead to bans on other weapons, and bump stocks do not
qualify as machine guns.On an earlier call with reporters, senior Justice Department officials said they were ready for any possible lawsuit
and confident in the review of case law they conducted while writing and revising the regulation
The department received nearly 190,000 comments on its proposal for the regulation.The websites for the most well-known bump stock
manufacturers, Bumpfire System and Slide Fire, displayed notifications on Tuesday that they had already ceased direct sales of the devices
RW Arms, which both manufacturers described as a leading retailer, was not immediately available to comment on the ban.While bump stocks are
not widespread, they are still plentiful in the market, with high sales over the internet and in big-box stores, the officials said on the
14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, the retailer raised the minimum age for buying guns at its stores
Other retailers, including Kroger Co, have also raised the minimum buying age.(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by
TheIndianSubcontinent staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
