NRA calls for regulation on ‘bump stocks’

‘Strategic’ move comes after modification was used in deadly Las Vegas shooting

NRA calls for regulation of bump stock sales in the US
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The National Rifle Association (NRA) has announced it would back further regulation of “bump stocks”, a mechanism that Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock used to turn his semi-automatic rifles into almost fully automatic weapons.

“The NRA believes that devices intended to allow semi-automatic rifles to function like fully automatic rifles should be subject to additional regulations,” NRA leaders Wayne LaPierre and Chris Cox said.

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