"Just a few moments ago I signed a memo directing the attorney general to propose regulations that ban all devices that turn legal weapons into machine guns," Trump said at a Medal of Valor event at the White House, addressing Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
Read the article HERE
This ban is not a stretch (even the NRA is not for them) "Bump-Stocks" basically use the recoil of a rifle as a mechanism to pull the trigger without much effort. Bump Stocks were found at the scene of the Las Vegas murders.
So, this is not "nothing." But is is also not much of "something" as in, "Someone needs to do something." (BTW, Trump is catching it from both sides on this one.)
So, here are two more things he could do today that would be "Something."
1.) Release Homeland Security funds to Schools for security upgrades. Cameras, electronic and mechanical locks, training, security staff...any thing to prevent entry.
2.) Ban the AR-15. Yeah, I said that. Straight ban it from civilian possession and use through executive order. This would be a symbolic ban and it would never hold up in court, but, this guy also tried to ban folks from several countries...so he's not against symbolic actions. The AR-15 has become the poster-child of mass-shooters. Time to take that poster down.
I do realize, these options don't make anyone safer tomorrow, but it may be an action response to the current "No one is doing anything" mantra.
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