The National Rifle Association (NRA), an American organization which advocates for gun rights, has called on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to review whether “bump stocks” — similar to the devices used in Sunday night’s Las Vegas mass shooting– comply with federal US law.
“The NRA believes that devices designed to allow semi-automatic rifles to function like fully-automatic rifles should be subject to additional regulations,” NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre and Executive Director Chris Cox said in a joint statement issued on Thursday. ATF is a federal law enforcement organization within the United States Department of Justice.
The NRA move comes four days after a heavily armed gunman killed 58 and injured more than 500 people at a music concert in Las Vegas, Nevada, which has some of the most relaxed gun laws in the United States.
In Nevada, authorities don’t outlaw automatic weapons. They don’t require people…