DOJ To Ban Bump Stocks After Las Vegas Massacre

The Wall Street Journal reports:

The Justice Department is effectively banning rapid-fire bump stock devices, like the ones used in last year’s Las Vegas massacre, making them illegal to own or sell and likely setting the stage for long legal battles with gun owners and manufacturers.

Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker signed and submitted a regulation prohibiting the firearm accessory Tuesday, and it is expected to be formally published by the week’s end, senior Justice Department officials said.

Owners of bump stocks, which allow certain firearms to fire as quickly as fully automatic machine guns, will then have 90 days to either destroy or surrender them.

BREAKING — Justice Department is issuing its final rule today that bans bump stocks, according to DOJ official, who tells reporters there are 10s of thousands in US.

“People who posses them will be required to destroy them, or they may turn them in to ATF [within] 90 days.” pic.twitter.com/jIfbf74TWi

— Dominic Holden (@dominicholden) December 18, 2018

The pending administration ban on so-called “bump stocks” (first reported by CNN) means that holders of them get 90 days to turn them in (after the regulation is published in federal register); regulation supersedes opposition from NRA, GOP lawmakers https://t.co/d11ug7akwN … …

— West Wing Reports (@WestWingReport) December 18, 2018