NRA’s announcement came a day after many Republican lawmakers joined their Democratic colleagues to call for a ban on “bump-stock” devices that allow non-automatic firearms to function like automatics. There have been 343 mass shooting this year, including six since the killing of 59 people in Las Vegas on October 1. Bump-stocks replace the standard wooden stock of a rifle on which a shooter rests a shoulder at the time of firing. But the NRA said it was calling to “immediately review whether these devices comply with federal law”. But sceptics also cautioned against piling up expectations on this one solitary reconciliatory move by the NRA.

Source: Hindustan Times October 06, 2017 10:09 UTC