SFGATE: Trump says 'bump stocks' are gone, may ban them himself

Trump says 'bump stocks' are gone, may ban them himself
Published on February 28, 2018 at 10:15PM by Mike DeBonis and Seung Min Kim, The Washington Post
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump launched into a freewheeling, televised strategy session with lawmakers over the issue of guns by declaring that he will unilaterally bar so-called "bump stocks" and asking Congress to send him one "terrific" bill aimed at reducing gun violence. "I'm going to write that out," Trump said of bump stocks - devices that allow semiautomatic weapons to fire like fully automatic weapons - while speaking to lawmakers gathered at the White House for a much-touted summit on gun safety. Saying he can bar bump stocks with an executive order, Trump added: "You won't have to worry about bump stocks.
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