Tuesday 20 February 2018

Gun control in US: Trump recommends ban on bump stocks used for weapons

US President Donald Trump waves to journalists as he arrives during the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. (Photo: AP/PTI)

United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday recommended a ban on 'bump stocks' gun devices.

He also directed his Attorney General, Jeff Sessions to make the proposed changes in the country's gun control law, in the wake of the last week's school shooting at a Florida high school.

"Just a few moments ago I signed a memo directing the attorney general Sessions to propose regulations that ban all devices that turn legal weapons into machine guns. I expect these regulations to be finalized very soon," Trump said.

The bump-stock gun modification was used in the Las Vegas shooting incident, which occurred in October last year. It claimed 58 lives and injured more than 500 people. It was the deadliest attack to ever take place on US soil, since the 9/11 attacks in 2001, the CNN reported.

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