CRISIS/GUNS/POLITICS: “The National Rifle Association on Thursday [10-5-17] called on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to review whether ‘bump stocks’ — similar to the devices used in Sunday’s Las Vegas shooting massacre — comply with federal law…
The move by the influential gun lobby, which often stifles any legislation that might be interpreted as curbing Second Amendment rights, is designed to head off a messy gun control debate in Congress. Officials with the group have told Capitol Hill Republicans and Trump administration officials they would prefer a new rule or regulations from ATF, rather than hastily cobbled together legislation.
The NRA and its allies in the gun-rights movement want to avoid the airing in Congress of controversial issues such as universal background checks on gun sales, a ban on assault weapons and limits on high-capacity ammunition magazines.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Thursday that the Trump administration is “open to” reviewing its policy on bump stocks…
The NRA is suggesting the administration revisit a 2010 ATF ruling — made during the Obama administration — that allowed the sale of such accessories.”
-Rachel Bade, Josh Dawsey, and John Bresnahan, “NRA moves to head off gun control fight in Congress,” Politico, Oct. 5, 2017 07:10pm